Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says the presidency’s latest attack on him shows that the administration of President Bola Tinubu has chosen “diversion over disclosure and insults over accountability”.
In a statement issued on Thursday by Phrank Shaibu, his senior special assistant on public communication, Atiku said the presidency had failed to address the substantive issues surrounding Tinubu’s US civil forfeiture case, opting instead for personal attacks.
“When governments abandon facts for insults and substitute evidence with abuse, they unwittingly admit that they have run out of convincing answers,” the statement reads.
“Nigerians expected clarification. What they received instead was a barrage of name-calling and political invective.”
Atiku said asking questions based on publicly available records should not be construed as an attack on Nigeria’s sovereignty.
“No one has reported Nigeria to anyone. Nigeria is not on trial. The issue concerns questions arising from publicly
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