- Morka also berated Atiku over his remark of judicial involvement in Nigeria’s electoral matters, calling him the country’s most prolific electoral litigator.
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has denied fomenting crisis and destabilising opposition parties in the country.
Recall that former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, had accused the president Bola Tinubu-led government of paying leaders of opposition party N50 million each.
Reacting to Atiku’s allegation, the APC said Nigerians can’t be distracted by desperate politicians who can’t manage the affairs of their parties.
He said Atiku, a former presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Peter Obi of the Labour Party and former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai are incompetent.
In a statement by its spokesman, Felix Morka, APC said Atiku, Obi, and El-Rufai have shown crass incompetence and failure to manage their own affairs.
Morka also berated Atiku over his remark of judicial involvement in Nigeria’s electoral matters, stressing that he is the country’s most prolific electoral litigator.
According to Morka: “It is a thing of irony that Atiku, who is Nigeria’s most prolific electoral litigator, would make such a ludicrous claim that judicial involvement in electoral matters is a threat to democracy.
“His criticism of the courts and the electoral process rings hollow given his long history of using the courts to further his political agenda. It’s time for him to take a step back and let the democratic process unfold without his interference.
“Nigeria’s democracy is far stronger than Atiku’s political ambitions. We deserve better than petty politicking and alarmist rhetoric from an elder statesman.
“As a veteran politician, one would expect Atiku to understand that while democracy may be about winning election, it is, more importantly, about respecting the will of the electorate and working towards the greater good of all.
“Atiku should focus on rebuilding his party and offering constructive solutions to Nigeria’s challenges.
“The bizarre suggestion by opposition figures like Atiku, Peter Obi, and recently, aggrieved leaders like Mallam Nasir El-Rufai that our great Party may be complicit in the internal corrosion of opposition parties is pitiful, and only an incompetent alibi for their crass failure to manage their own affairs. They cannot govern their parties but tout their ability to govern Africa’s most populous country.
“As discerning citizens, Nigerians know better than to be distracted by the false alarm and hollow allegations of desperate politicians whose only goal is shore up their political relevance in the build up to 2027 general elections.”