State Of The Nation: Presidency Alleges Atiku Was Part Of The Rot |The Source

By Akinwale Kasali

The Presidency has lashed out at former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, saying  he had no moral right to criticise the President Muhammadu Buhari Government.

The Presidency said  he was one of those responsible for Nigeria’s sorry state and, as such, lacks the moral right to criticise President Buhari over the state of affairs of the nation today.

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, speaking on Channels Television programme ‘Sunday Politics, said Nigerians shouldn’t take Atiku serious as records of the misgovernance of his tenure with former President Olusegun Obasanjo for eight years are still in the public domain.

Adesina opined that, “The former Vice-President was in power for eight years, now he is in opposition to the government. You can’t take whatever he says as the gospel. The question is, when former vice-president Atiku Abubakar was in power with former president Olusegun Obasanjo, where did they take the country to? Where did they leave the country?”

“There are clips I have seen myself on social media where he was saying some things they promised to do especially on power, some people collected trillions and didn’t deliver. The interviewer asked him did they go after them? He said unfortunately, they didn’t go after them”.

“So, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar was part of the rot this country became, so he can’t exculpate himself; he can’t begin to sit in judgement over anybody. He played his part for eight years and they left the country where they left it. so, he can’t like Pontius Pilate begin to wash his hands clean of what Nigeria has become.

“The president will always listen to what is well-founded. Anything that is not borne out of negative politicking, the presidency will always listen”, Adesina said.