Own Up To The Misery You Caused, Atiku Replies Tinubu

Former vp and ADC presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has described President Bola Tinubu’s declare that the opposition created starvation and poverty as a delusional, shameless try and dodge duty for the distress his personal authorities has inflicted on Nigerians.

Atiku mentioned a president can’t mild the fireplace of hardship along with his personal insurance policies, then blame the neighbours for the smoke.

In a press release issued by the director of strategic communication of the ADC Presidential Campaign Council, Phrank Shaibu in Abuja yesterday, Atiku mentioned, “Mr President, blaming the opposition for starvation is both delusion or a staggering case of political amnesia. The APC ruled Nigeria for eight years earlier than you took workplace. You have added one other three and a half years. Nigerians know who has been in energy, and hardship didn’t start when the opposition began speaking about it. Stop insulting their intelligence and reply to your document.

“The hardship your administration has introduced upon Nigerians is actual. You can’t deny it by blaming others.

“Your resolution to fee the unfinished Abuja to Kaduna Expressway from inside a stadium exhibits how far eliminated you’re from the each day actuality of Nigerians. A street can’t be accomplished with a speech or a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

“Which administration eliminated the petrol subsidy and watched the naira fall from about N471 to N1,329 to the greenback?

“Which administration has presided over an increase in poverty that led the World Bank to estimate that 63 per cent of Nigerians shall be under the nationwide poverty line in 2026? Which administration prolonged the 2024 price range into 2025 whereas additionally working a separate 2025 price range?

“Which administration recorded N7.13 trillion below ‘energy security’ in 2024 and faces questions over N11.2 trillion in NNPC pipeline associated spending? Nigerians should know who obtained these sums and what was delivered.

“Which administration should clarify the $12.4 billion hole flagged in Nigeria’s exterior accounts for the primary half of 2026? Which administration paid $22.5 million in ‘other charges’ on the Abu Dhabi financing facility?

“Which administration is accountable for the killings, kidnappings and displacement that proceed to terrorise communities? These are the questions Nigerians are asking whereas your authorities blames the opposition.

“You can’t govern for 3 years, make life more durable, after which blame others for describing the hardship. You requested who created the starvation. Nigerians are asking what you have got finished to finish it.

“The folks will choose your authorities by the lives they’re residing, not by the justifications you provide at marketing campaign rallies.

“The 2027 presidential election will be a referendum on your record. Nigerians have felt the cost of your leadership in their homes, markets and communities. Their verdict is already clear: they have rejected your administration.”