Laolu Akande, a former presidential spokesman says President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former vice President Atiku Abubakar are both carrying a baggage of corruption, and that the perception of Nigerians about the two politicians is almost the same.
The former presidential aide said President Tinubu and Abubakar cannot wage a war of attrition on corruption against each other, to gain a political mileage among Nigerians.
Akande, who served as spokesman to former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made the remark on Channels Television programme Sunrise Daily saying the two politicians have long-standing corruption allegations against them, that neither of them can use the issue as a political weapon for the 2027 presidential election in the country.
President Tinubu and Abubakar are contesting the presidency under the banner of the All Progressives Congress, APC and the African Democratic Congress, ADC respectively.
The two presidential candidates have recently engaged in a war of attrition against each other to attract interest from Nigerians ahead next year’s election.
For instance, the camp of the ADC candidate recently filed a petition against President Tinubu at the United States Congress, demanding that it investigates a long-running drug allegation against him.
The Tinubu’s camp, on their part , has cited the $90,000 corruption case involving Abubakar and former United States Congressman William Jefferson, which led to the conviction of the former US lawmaker as one of the reason why the former Nigeria’s former vice president should not be voted for next year.
“When you put Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Atiku up against each other on the questions around corruption, I don’t think it’s going to be helpful to either of them because both of them have sufficient baggages,” Akande said.
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