Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has strongly criticized President Bola Tinubu’s administration, accusing it of systematically harassing and intimidating critics and opposition figures.
Atiku made the comments via X in response to the prosecution of Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, and the arrest and detention of Prof. Usman Yusuf, former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
Describing Sowore’s prosecution as baseless, Atiku warned that Tinubu’s government may soon imprison everyone who criticizes his administration.
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He posted, “When I made the clarion call that Tinubu and the APC were devoting their energies to the systematic harassment, intimidation, and dismantling of the opposition, all in service of their grand design for a one-party autocracy, I became the target of vicious attacks.
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“The arrest and baseless prosecution of @YeleSowore is the latest chapter in this unrelenting campaign. Now, they have seen fit to add Professor Usman Yusuf— an outspoken critic of this administration — into their grim roster. At the pace they are going, it seems they may soon find themselves contending with the incarceration of every one of us.”
Atiku’s comments corroborate his earlier claim that the APC is destroying opposition parties to achieve a one-party system.
He had alleged that the ruling party bribed opposition parties with N50 million to weaken their leadership ahead of the 2027 election.
The Labour Party and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) have since asked Atiku to provide concrete evidence to support his allegation.
