By Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA — Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday accused President Bola Tinubu of using the controversy surrounding the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, presidential election as a rehearsal for rigging the 2027 general elections, alleging that the Federal Government was already deploying the same tactics it intended to use against opposition parties.
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate said the dispute over the NBA poll was not merely about who emerges as the next leader of the lawyers’ association.
Rather, he argued, it offered an insight into what he believes is the Tinubu administration’s broader approach to politics and elections ahead of 2027.
The allegation was contained in a statement issued by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, in Abuja, where Atiku accused the administration of attempting to influence the NBA election while warning that the independence of the electoral process within the association must not be compromised.
