How Fayose Lied Against Me

A former vice president,  Atiku Abubakar says former governor governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose lied about the meeting he and Governor of Oyos state, Seyi Makinde had with Gen Ibrahim Babangida (rtd.), a former military head of state.

The meeting, the magazine reports, took place on Monday this week at the former leader’s Minna, niger State Hill Top Mansion.

Following the meeting, the Ekiti former helmsman had claimed that Abubakar had a deal with Makinde that he will be his running mate, if he picked the African Democratic Congress, ADC presidential ticket for 2027 presidential election.

Reacting, in a statement by his media aide, Phrank Shaibu, the former vice president described Fayose claim as fabricated and tissues of lies.

He stressd that Fayose’s claim was a ‘shameless’ concoction by him, a ‘political gossip’ and cheap propaganda.

Fayose had claiemd that part of the deal Abubakar had with Makinde include that the Oyo governor will provide N10 billion during the presidential campaign, and that the duo has scheduled another meeting for ‘Dubai’ where the agreement will be finalised.

But Abubakar said this is not true describing Fayose’s claim as “bear parlour” gossip.

Below, the full statement:

“Our attention has been drawn to a reckless and malicious fabrication titled “Between Atiku and Makinde, Untold Story of What Happened in Minna Yesterday,” Shaibu wrote, adding that the entire publication was a “shameless concoction.”

The statement further read:

“Let it be stated clearly: the entire publication is a shameless concoction – a tissue of lies stitched together by a serial purveyor of political gossip whose relevance survives only on controversy, distortion, and cheap propaganda.

“At no time did former Vice President Atiku Abubakar engage in the imaginary horse-trading described in that laughable script.

“There were no negotiations over vice-presidential tickets. There were no discussions about A10 billion contributions. There were no zoning manipulations. There were no delegate-delivery guarantees.

And there is certainly no clandestine “Dubai meeting” on any such agenda.

“The attempt to drag other political actors into this fabricated beer parlour tale does not elevate its credibility; it merely exposes the desperation behind it.

“His Excellency Atiku Abubakar’s political engagements are broad-based, principled, and national in scope – not the narrow, transactional theatrics invented in that publication.

“Atiku Abubakar does not transact politics in secrecy, bribery, or transactional desperation as mischievously and irresponsibly portrayed. He remains focused on principled engagement and national redemption – not backroom theatrics designed by attention-seekers. We advise the public to treat the publication with the contempt it deserves.”