The All Progressives Congress, APC, has dismissed African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar’s allegation that the 2026 Service-Wide Vote, SWV, was set aside to fund President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election campaign.
The APC, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, on Wednesday, described Atiku’s claim as “highly mischievous” and a demonstration of “disturbing ignorance of basic principles of public finance”.
Morka said Atiku failed to provide facts to substantiate his allegation, accusing him of making a sensational claim aimed at misleading Nigerians and distracting attention from the achievements of the Tinubu administration.
According to the APC spokesman, the Service-Wide Vote is a long-established budgetary mechanism designed to cater for government-wide obligations and unforeseen expenditures that may arise after the annual budget has been passed.
The statement reads in full: “Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has become more disoriented and misguided than ever before in the history of his failed serial presidential bid.
“His recent allegation that the 2026 budgetary Service-Wide Vote (SWV) was set aside to fund President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 2027 reelection campaign is either highly mischievous or shows disturbing ignorance of basic principles of public finance.
“Beyond the headline allegation, @atiku did not advance any facts to verify his sensational claim, which is based purely on conjecture and calculated to inflame, mislead, and distract Nigerians from the visible and steady progress recorded under President Tinubu’s administration.
“You would think that a former Vice
