Politics
Opposition faces unprecedented persecution under Tinubu — Atiku
–No government-backed clampdown on opposition – Tinubu’s aide
By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused the administration of President Bola Tinubu of employing repressive tactics to stifle opposition voices ahead of the 2027 elections.
Atiku, who was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 polls, expressed concern over what he described as “a calculated assault” on opposition leaders and dissenting voices across the country.
According to a BBC Hausa report on Saturday, the former Vice President cited the invitation of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, by the police, alongside attacks on some opposition figures, as part of a broader move to weaken parties that could challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the next election.
Speaking through his Special Assistant on Media, AbdurRashid Shehu Sharada, Atiku said Nigerians could clearly see the government’s attempt to ensure that no formidable opposition platform emerges before 2027.
Sharada alleged that the ruling party was exploiting divisions within opposition ranks while deploying state apparatus to intimidate opponents.
“From the attack on a former Minister of Justice in Kebbi State where our ADC supporters were brutalised, to the disruption of an elder’s security meeting in Katsina led by Usman Bugaje, it is obvious that the government is encouraging political thuggery,” he said.
He added that the disruption of an ADC meeting in Kaduna, which El-Rufai attended, was particularly worrisome since no arrests were made. Instead, he said, the police chose to invite El-Rufai and other opposition leaders for questioning.
However, presidential spokesman Abdul’Aziz Abdul’Aziz dismissed Atiku’s claims, insisting there was no government-backed clampdown on opposition.
He explained that El-Rufai’s police invitation followed statements he made at the Kaduna event and reports of armed supporters in attendance.
“As for the incidents in Kebbi and Katsina, the government had no hand in them,” Abdul’Aziz stressed.
Political analysts, however, warn that both the ruling party and opposition need to exercise caution, as the growing political tension could undermine Nigeria’s fragile democratic stability.
FCT Minister and former governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, has said that any senator, House of Representatives Member, Minister, or governor who supports betrayers will suffer betrayal in their lives and that such person will join their creator when they experience their own betrayal.
Wike who is currently in a running battle with his godson and incumbent governor of Rivers state, Sim Fubara, said this while speaking at a public function in the state today February 6.
Speaking to the crowd at the public function, Wike said
‘’Wether you are a Senator, House of Reps member, a Minister or Governor, and you support betrayers, people will continue to betray you in life. You see people who betray and support them, betrayal is your portion! Betrayal is your portion! and that day you will not have mouth to say anything and there you will collapse and there you will go and they will announce such person has died because that is the seed you have planted because whatever you plant, you reap and so since you are sowing betrayal, betrayal will always follow you.
Watch! Every governor who is doing his second term and has ambition to put a successor and is supporting betrayals, you will never survive it. Betrayal will follow you. From the day your successor comes in. My own took so many months, your own will start immediately the person has been inaugurated. That is what the gods of the land have told me to tell all of you’’
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Chairman, Policy Manifesto Committee of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, John Odigie-Oyegun, says former president Muhammadu Buhari gave him the shock of his life, six months into his administration as Nigeria’s leader.
Oyegun made this disclosure on Friday when he featured in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’.
He revealed that as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, he went to tell Buhari that he was not delivering his election promises to Nigerians but that the late president told him he would not rule with strictness, but rather wanted to show Nigerians that he is a true civilian president.
The former APC National Chairman lamented that it became business as usual, from there.
“I was national chairman of the APC. Six months or less into our assuming office, fairly alarmed, I went to the late President Buhari for a one-on-one talk. I said Mr President, this is not what the people were expecting. They wanted a bit of the old president Buhari.
“And he explained to me, Mr Chairman, I have learned my lesson. I was shocked. And don’t forget at that time, a lot of prominent Nigerians took their holidays abroad, just to be sure and see what this new sheriff in town will be.
“Buhari told me he wants to now show the people that he’s a true civilian president in Agbada. And by the time we finished the conversation, I said Oh God, we are finished. Because, if he’s not ready to be strict, what’s the point?
“Weeks later, months later, years later, I was proven correct. And of course, it became business as usual, only that they are a new set of tenants in Aso Rock. That was a shocker,” he said.
Former lawmaker, Dino Melaye Esq, has raised concerns over the Senate’s reported rejection of the electronic transmission of election results.
The move, according to Melaye, is a clear endorsement of election rigging and an indication of a sinister plan to rig the 2027 elections.
In a statement on Friday, the former lawmaker criticized the Senate’s decision, stating that it undermines the credibility of the electoral process.
The African Democratic Congress, ADC chieftain, also stated that the move opens the door for electoral manipulation and fraud.
He further warned that the rejection of electronic transmission of results is a step backwards for democracy in Nigeria.
Melaye called on lawmakers and citizens to stand up against “this blatant attempt to undermine the will of the people and ensure that future elections are free, fair, and transparent”.
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