The Digest:
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has seized on the defection of Atiku Abubakar’s son to launch a stinging political attack, framing the move as a profound “indictment of credibility” against the former Vice President and a symbolic rejection of his lifelong political pursuits.
Key Points:
- The Lagos APC described Abubakar Atiku Abubakar’s move to the APC as a “political earthquake.”
- Spokesman Seye Oladejo stated, “You can’t trust Atiku more than his son.”
- The party called the ADC a “pretentious contraption” and labeled Atiku’s career “a restless odyssey.”
- Oladejo argued the defection represents a “generational rejection” of recycled politics.
- He accused Atiku of “serial defections” and “ambition without ideology.”
- The APC framed the son’s choice as an endorsement of President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
- The statement concluded that “credibility collapses at home” cannot be restored nationally.
Sources: Vanguard News
