The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has warned former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to stop peddling lies over alleged padding of the N3.7 trillion worth in the 2024 budget.
TMSG Chairman, Jesutega Onokpasa, remarked that it was not surprising that the former Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is dabbling into all sorts of national issues to be politically relevant for yet another bid for the Presidency.
TMSG described the spate of recent press statements by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as a reflection of his deep frustration with President Bola Tinubu for achieving, at one attempt, what he spent 32 unsuccessful years struggling for.
The group contended that while it is Atiku’s fundamental right to offer his views in a bid to trade tackle and test President Bola Tinubu-led government in the marketplace of ideas, he betrays reason and stands logic on its head with hollow, irrational, and poorly-researched so-called solutions.
The pro-Tinubu media group added that it was time for Abubakar to cast aside what it described as his obsession with deceitful politics and adopt a more statesmanly role like past occupants of his former position in government.
It asserted that it is not the President’s fault that the recent foiled coup in the Senate did not only nail its ring leader, Senator Abdul Ningi but blew in their faces in broad daylight.
It noted: “For the avoidance of doubt, the fate that befell Abdul Ningi and his co-travelers was foretold and avoidable. As a ranking parliamentarian who is believed to know budget process matters well, he knew what what he was up against hence he has no one to blame for hitting the canvass.
“What becomes obvious about the convoluted posturing of the former vice president in recent weeks is his almost-feverish craze to graze on matters he has scant idea so he gets lost in the maze, hence his resort to such grand opacity that often interrogates his trajectory and collateral damage to the dignity and integrity of the exalted office he once occupied.
“For former vice president Atiku Abubakar, it is redemption time. The rush to remain relevant ahead 2027 has consumed so much that he now dabbles on issues that don’t even concern him.
“To make matters worse for his handlers and his fast-depleted followers, his rationality has taken flight. Logic has lost its lure. His statesmanship, in the market place, is fast losing value.”
