The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday accused former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of being a key contributor to Nigeria’s insecurity and economic decline.
The party’s statement followed Atiku’s claim that both the APC and the PDP were responsible for rising insecurity and hunger in the country.
Mogaji (Hon) Seye Oladejo, Lagos APC spokesman, described Atiku’s assertion as “delusional” and “shameless,” noting that his long political career is marked by controversies and economic mismanagement.
“Ordinarily, we would advise him to take his routine political sedatives, but this level of shamelessness deserves a firm reply,” Oladejo said.
The spokesman accused Atiku of personally supervising the controversial national assets auction, which he said enriched Atiku, his associates, and cronies while factories closed and jobs disappeared.
Oladejo also blamed Atiku for the rise of Boko Haram, pervasive corruption, and the mismanagement of oil wealth between 1999 and 2015, saying the former vice president “was not a spectator but the engine room of these problems.”
The APC criticised Atiku’s repeated party switches, describing him as “a wandering political relic, hopping from PDP to APC to PDP to ADC and back,” whose ambition threatens Nigeria.
Oladejo said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is now “repairing the ruins” left behind by Atiku and his allies, with ongoing reforms to rebuild the security architecture and reset the economy.
He further urged Atiku to bow out gracefully and seek forgiveness for what he described as the “monumental economic and political crimes committed under his watch.”
He concluded that Atiku’s recent remarks are “nothing but an obituary announcement for a failed political career,” warning that Lagos APC will not allow “yesterday’s architects of national disaster to rewrite history with the ink of falsehood.”
