APC Accuses Atiku, Obi, and El-Rufai of Incompetence Ahead of 2027 Election
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has responded to accusations from opposition leaders, including former presidential candidates Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party, and former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, accusing them of political incompetence and failure to manage their own parties.
In a statement issued by APC spokesman Felix Morka, the ruling party dismissed their criticisms as an attempt to gain political relevance ahead of the 2027 elections, asserting that these leaders have failed to manage their own political affairs effectively.
Morka particularly criticized Atiku Abubakar for his recent remarks about judicial involvement in Nigeria’s electoral process, describing him as Nigeria’s “most prolific electoral litigator” and accusing him of hypocrisy for making such claims.
“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,” Morka stated. He went on to assert that Atiku’s history of using the courts to further his political agenda renders his criticism of the courts and the electoral process meaningless.
Morka added that it was time for Atiku to step back and allow the democratic process to take its course without his interference, emphasizing that Nigerians deserve better than “petty politicking and alarmist rhetoric” from an elder statesman.
The APC spokesman also criticized the opposition figures for their failure to manage their respective parties and suggested that their ongoing criticisms were merely an excuse to cover up their own political failures.
“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,” Morka said.
He concluded by asserting that Nigerians are wise enough to see through the “false alarm and hollow allegations” of opposition leaders who are more concerned with shoring up their political relevance ahead of the 2027 general elections than addressing the country’s real challenges.
