…Says Action is incongruous with his position as Nigeria’s former Vice President
…Insists ‘Nigeria is a sovereign nation, not a satellite of any foreign power’
The Presidency on Thursday berated former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for hiring an international lobbyist, whose main aim is to discredit President Bola Tinubu, a sitting Nigerian President, before the international community.
Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, in a statement, said Atiku Abubakar, in his relentless desire to become President of Nigeria, ” has regrettably closed his eyes to the virtues of statesmanship, decorum, and propriety expected of an elder statesman”.
Presidency noted that ” instead of embracing the dignity and maturity that come with his standing, he continues to diminish himself through reckless public statements and desperate political manoeuvres”.
Recall that the former Vice President’s lobbying group in the US recently submitted petitions to President Trump and the
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