Again Atiku’s Camp Picks On Tinubu, Says He Has Made Over 20 Gaffes

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has again targeted his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Bola Tinubu, for alleged public gaffes.

WITHIN NIGERIA reports that Atiku’s special assistant on public communication, Phrank Shaibu, stated on Monday that Tinubu has made over 20 public gaffes since declaring his intention to run for president.

Tinubu’s “constant gaffes,” he claims, have become embarrassing, and are the “effects of his failing health,” posing a threat to national security.

Shaibu noted in a statement signed on Monday that the APC flagbearer made another gaffe yesterday during the party’s campaign rally in Akwa Ibom when he referred to Atiku as a former Senate President, despite the fact that he has never run for legislative office.

He advanced that such errors at world meetings could negatively affect Nigeria’s image because “the Bola Tinubu who served as governor is different now.”

Atiku’s aide further remarked that;

The Bola Tinubu of today lacks the capacity to lead a nation of 200 million people most of whom are living in abject poverty.

It is really not about his age since many leaders across the world are also advanced in age. It is about his mien, his utterances and faux pas.

Nigerians have a right to demand that any aspirant to that office should be in the best state of health. Nigerians must not allow themselves to be deceived.

He recalled Tinubu making comments in the past such as recruiting 50 million youths into the Army to solve the unemployment problem and advising Nigerians to renew their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) before they expire, among other things.

Tinubu and his allies usually say he lacks physical capacity but makes up for it in intelligence because the “Presidency of Nigeria is not wrestling,” according to Shaibu.

However, he differed, saying Tinubu’s handlers are “acting like a cabal”, trusting that if he eventually wins and in Aso Rock, “he will have the best medical attention and delegate important activities of state to them.”