Senator Adams Oshiomhole has taken a fresh swipe at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, insisting the longtime presidential contender is unfit to govern Nigeria.
Oshiomhole, a former APC national chairman and current senator representing Edo North, said Atiku’s failure to stabilise or strengthen the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) disqualifies him from claiming the capacity to rescue the country.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, the APC heavyweight faulted Atiku’s political record and leadership within his former party.
“If Atiku as a former vice president under PDP could not fix PDP, he could not reconstruct it, he could not provide leadership and use his influence which he had built, how can you lay claim to fix Nigeria?” he asked.
His comments came shortly after Atiku officially joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), a coalition-backed platform he is expected to leverage ahead of the 2027 elections.
The former vice president confirmed his defection in a post on X, sharing a photo of himself holding his ADC membership card with the caption: “It’s official.”
Reacting, Oshiomhole revisited Atiku’s history of political switches, accusing him of leaving the APC purely because he failed to clinch its presidential ticket.
“He was once a member of the APC. He left because he lost the party’s presidential ticket,” the senator said.
“He went back to the PDP. He’s so much in love with the PDP at least for the purpose of contesting election. He could not build PDP. So, if Atiku can’t build PDP that made him Vice President, he can’t fix Nigeria,” Oshiomhole stated.
Atiku’s move to the ADC comes after his resignation from the PDP in July, following prolonged internal wrangling that crippled the opposition party.
