Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Tinubu of stealing the 2023 presidential election.
According to Atiku, the outcome
of the 2023 presidential election was manipulated by the ruling All
Progressives Congress, APC to favour its candidate.
Atiku’s assertion followed an
attack on him by the Presidency over his criticism of the President Bola
Tinubu’s policies
Recall that the presidential
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had while lamenting the untold
hardship bedeviling citizens, said he would have done better if he emerged as
President in the 2023 general elections.
In a swift response, Bayo Onanuga,
Tinubu’s media aide, said Nigeria would have been worse off if Atiku had won.
Onanuga mocked Atiku, saying
Nigerians rejected him by voting for Tinubu.
Reacting to Onanuga’s outburst,
Atiku in a statement on Monday said he did not lose the election.
“Let me emphasize that the
citizens who cast their votes in the 2023 presidential election are well aware
that I did not lose; rather, we find ourselves in this predicament because the
election was criminally stolen from the Nigerian people”, he said.
On the controversial tax reform
bills proposed by the President, Atiku said, “We cannot hope to tax our way out
of the economic quagmire wrought by these misguided experimental policies of a
novice administration.
“Numerous nations, such as the
United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Monaco (an EU territory with a zero-income tax
policy), among many others, have emerged as economic powerhouses by fostering
growth through lower taxation.
“Why then are we fixated on
inflicting further hardship upon an already struggling populace?
“One can only speculate that
Tinubu’s government is anchored to a mere Tea-plan, which can only lead to a
T-pain.”
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