By Omeiza Ajayi
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the Presidency’s latest statement attacking his person as further proof that the Bola Tinubu administration has chosen diversion over disclosure and insults over accountability.
In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said it was telling that the Presidency devoted several paragraphs to personal attacks without addressing the fundamental issues that continue to generate legitimate public interest.
“When governments abandon facts for insults and substitute evidence with abuse, they unwittingly admit that they have run out of convincing answers. Nigerians expected clarification. What they received instead was a barrage of name-calling and political invective,” he said.
The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, noted that raising questions about matters contained in public records should never be misconstrued as an attack on Nigeria’s sovereignty.
