The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has issued a strongly worded response to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over his recent comments accusing both the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of plunging Nigeria into insecurity and economic hardship.
In a statement on Sunday, the party’s spokesperson, Mogaji Seye Oladejo, described Atiku’s remarks as “a delusional outburst” and accused him of attempting to rewrite his own political history.
Oladejo said Atiku lacked the moral authority to speak on Nigeria’s economic challenges, alleging that his role in the privatization programme under the PDP-led government contributed significantly to the country’s economic struggles.
“Atiku Abubakar is the grand architect of Nigeria’s economic wreckage,” Oladejo said.
“This is the same Atiku who supervised the infamous national assets auction, where Nigeria’s wealth was sold to himself, cronies and faceless interests. He cannot pretend he played no role in the disaster he helped create.”
Oladejo said.
The party further accused Atiku of selective amnesia, insisting that many of Nigeria’s current security challenges originated during the PDP administration.
“Boko Haram grew from a fringe sect into a national terror under PDP watch, corruption became a state religion, and oil wealth was squandered while poverty multiplied,” Oladejo added.
He also criticised Atiku over what he described as the former vice president’s “unbridled political ambition” and “serial party migration,” asserting that his political relevance has significantly diminished.
Oladejo argued that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is working to correct years of systemic decay allegedly linked to policies implemented under the PDP.
“President Tinubu is confronting decades of accumulated rot. The security architecture is being rebuilt, the economy is being reset, and reforms are ongoing nationwide. Atiku cannot destroy the house and now complain that the carpenters are sweating,” he said.
The Lagos APC spokesperson urged Atiku to “bow out of politics gracefully,” alleging that Nigeria owes him no further political accommodation.
“A man rejected by his state, his party, and the electorate should embrace silence. Nigeria owes him nothing — instead, he owes Nigerians years of apology for the economic and political damage committed under his watch,” Oladejo stated.
The party maintained that it would continue to counter what it termed “attempts by yesterday’s architects of national disaster to distort history.”
