The Tinubu Media Support Group TMSG has described the spate of recent press statements by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as a reflection of his deep frustration with President Bola Tinubu for achieving, at one attempt, what he has spent 32 unsuccessful years struggling to get.
In a statement signed by its Chairman, Mr Jesutega Onokpasa, the group said it was not surprised that the former Presidential candidate is dabbling into all sorts of national issues in order to be politically relevant for yet another bid for the Presidency.
“While it is his fundamental right to offer his views in a bid to trade tackle and test President Bola Tinubu-led government in the market place of ideas, he betrays reason and stands logic on its head with hollow, irrational and poorly-researched so-called solutions.
“And as informed Nigerians still rate him for who he is- a political hustler with ill-digested, hare-brained ideas- he has added another by mooning around the National Assembly, specifically at the Senate where one of their own erred.
“A scrutiny of the vice president’s recent rapid press releases revealed his inner frustrations and perspiration in the face of silent successes as a result of major interventions by the Federal Government confirmed recently by leading local investors and global financial institutions such as Moody and Goldman Sachs.
“These feats are fallout of the President’s single-minded pursuit and unwavering commitment to alleviating current economic hardship of the Nigerian people through rigorous thinking out of the box, an attribute which is second nature to the former Lagos State governor as a bold and courageous problem solver.
“It is not the President’s fault that the recent foiled coup in the Senate did not only nail its ring leader, Senator Abdul Ningi but blew in their faces in broad daylight.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the fate that befell Abdul Ningi and his co-travelers was foretold and avoidable. As a ranking parliamentarian who is believed to know budget process matters well, he knew what what he was up against hence he has no one to blame for hitting the canvass.
“And now that former vice president Atiku Abubakar has taken another job to peddle the lies of padding on the hollow pretext of interrogating the parliament on the allegation of the N3.7 trillion padding, we wish him well.
“What becomes obvious about the convoluted posturing of the former vice president in recent weeks is his almost-feverish craze to graze on matters he has scant idea so he gets lost in the maze, hence his resort to such grand opacity that often interrogates his trajectory and collateral damage to the dignity and integrity of the exalted office he once occupied.
“For former vice president Atiku Abubakar, it is redemption time. The rush to remain relevant ahead 2027 has consumed so much that he now dabbles on issues that don’t even concern him.
“To make matters worse for his handlers and his fast-depleted followers, his rationality has taken flight. Logic has lost its lure. His statesmanship, in the market place, is fast losing value,” it said.
The pro-Tinubu media group added that it was time for Abubakar to cast aside what it described as his obsession with deceitful politics and adopt a more states-manly role like past occupants of his former position in government.
