Atiku Abubakar

Tinubu Pardon: Atiku Slams Clemency For Serious Offenders

Tinubu Pardon: Atiku Slams Clemency For Serious Offenders

October 12, 2025 1:34 pm

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has sharply criticised President Bola Tinubu’s recent presidential pardon of 175 convicts, arguing the move threatens the integrity of Nigeria’s justice system. The pardons, announced last Thursday and covering crimes ranging from homicide to fraud, have stirred intense debate about mercy, accountability, and the rule of law.

Atiku’s response, delivered via his X handle on Sunday, warns that the broad clemency extends mercy in a way that “emboldens criminality” and erodes public confidence in criminal justice. He insists that the presidential prerogative of mercy should balance justice with compassion—not be reduced to a tool that …

Atiku And Obi's Supreme Court 'Appeal': A Futile Endeavour

Atiku And Obi’s Supreme Court ‘Appeal’: A Futile Endeavour

September 14, 2023 4:22 am

If ever there were an illustration of futility, it would be the decision of Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi to appeal the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal’s judgment at the Supreme Court. The tribunal’s well-reasoned verdict, affirming President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the 2023 elections, should have been the end of the story. Instead, Atiku and Obi have opted to carry on this charade, misleading their followers into believing that they still have a fighting chance.

The five-member tribunal panel, led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, left no room for doubt in their ruling. They meticulously went through the petitions and allegations, …

2023 Tinubu, Atiku, And The Brotherhood Of Corruption

2023: Tinubu, Atiku, And The Brotherhood Of Corruption

January 19, 2023 2:26 am

Isn’t it amusing to find out that with less than 40 days to the general elections, the two major gladiators who are front runners to take President Muhammadu Buhari’s job are calling for each other’s arrest and prosecution for almost the same reason? The two political juggernauts who are essentially six and half a dozen clearly have nothing to offer Nigerians and it appears they are tired of trying to prove otherwise. 

Ahead of the February 25th elections, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his counterpart from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), …

There Is No Unifier In Atiku, Nigerians Must Be Alert

There Is No Unifier In Atiku, Nigerians Must Be Alert

December 8, 2022 3:16 am

Abraham Lincoln once said; ‘You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time’. There is no advice more befitting for the Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar who have relied on the short-term memory and lack of attention to details of Nigerians to sell them fallacies.

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who is Nigeria’s former Vice President now prefers to be called ‘The Unifier’ who is ‘Pan Nigerian’, who has ‘Built bridges’, and who believes in ‘One Nigeria’. …

Governor Nyesom Wike And His Politics

Governor Nyesom Wike And His Politics Of Foolishness

November 7, 2022 2:15 am

‘Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools that don’t have brains enough, to be honest.’ — Benjamin Franklin.

Ever since Rivers State Governor Nyesome Wike lost out in the PDP primaries to Atiku Abubakar, his life hasn’t been the same. The aftermath has left the liquor-loving Governor of the oil-rich Riverine State in a phase of his life that he never envisaged. The loss at the PDP primary practically turned him into an activist, a campaigner for southern equity, an anti-corruption crusader, and a promoter of decency in politics, all of which before now, were on different parallel …

Strip Atiku Of ‘Zege Mule U Tiv Title’, Benue Youths Demands

Reasons Why I Travelled To USA Amidst Backlash – Atiku

October 28, 2022 7:34 pm

Atiku Abubakar who is the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate,  has finally opened up on the real reasons why he is actually visiting the United States.

Atiku had also revealed that the visit would be able to afford him the opportunity of some more high-level engagements aimed at setting the pace for building an economically stronger and more secure Nigeria.

Read Also: Atiku Dispels Travel Ban Rumours, Arrives US For Campaign

Atiku is currently in the United States alongside some of his campaign team members like former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, and others.…

Strip Atiku Of ‘Zege Mule U Tiv Title’, Benue Youths Demands

Strip Atiku Of ‘Zege Mule U Tiv Title’, Benue Youths Demands

October 19, 2022 4:12 am

A group under the auspices of the Benue Youth Forum (BYF), has called on the Tiv Traditional Council to immediately strip the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar of the ‘Zege Mule U Tiv’ title.

Mr. Terrence Kuanum who is BYF President, pointed out Atiku should be stripped of the title due to his support for Fulani herders attacking communities in Benue State.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that Atiku had, while fielding questions during a presidential interactive session organized by Arewa Joint Committee held at Arewa House in Kaduna at the weekend, said he was ‘very …

Why I Travelled To Europe, Atiku Opens Up

Why I Travelled To Europe, Atiku Opens Up

October 19, 2022 3:44 am
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday explained that he travelled to Europe on business.
Africa Daily News, New York gathered that last night, the former vice president travelled on a scheduled trip to meet with the technical partners of one his business entities that was impacted by the Covid-19 global lockdown and the consequent economic downturn.
His media aide, Paul Ibe clarified that the meeting will also focus on conclusive discussions for a planned expansion of its production facility.
Meanwhile, one of the spokespersons of the Atiku
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2023 Northerners Have Embraced Restructuring, Atiku Submits

Arewa Elders Distance Selves From Atiku’s Tribal Comment

October 18, 2022 7:13 pm

Coming on the heels of his recent comment on Nigerian tribes, the Arewa Joint Committee has put out a statement where they had completely distanced theirselves from the ethnic comment which had been made by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

The committee had also noted that it has no business with the remark which had been made by Atiku.

Read Also: Arewa Youths Tear Lawal Apart Over Comments On Shettima

The Joint Committee which had beencomprising of six Northern groups namely; Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Arewa House, Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, Northern Elders Forum (NEF), …

2023 Atiku’s Popularity Has Knocked You Out – PDP To Tinubu

Atiku Is Tribalistic, Stole PDP Ticket From South – Tinubu

October 16, 2022 8:52 pm

Bola Ahmed Tinubu who is the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has revealed that the 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar is a ‘Tribalistic Jingoist’ who had stolen and betrayed his way into the presidential race.

Tinubu’s comment is also coming a day after the footage of Atiku campaigning in the North had gone viral on social media.

Read Also: Tinubu visits Zazzau Emir for royal blessings

The Adamawa-born politician had been heard telling the Party faithful that the North does not actually need a Yoruba or an Igbo President but only a …

Presidential Race Is Between Obi And Atiku - Primate Ayodele

Presidential Race Is Between Obi And Atiku – Primate Ayodele

October 7, 2022 6:07 am

Ahead of next year’s general elections, the Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has claimed that the 2023 presidential election is between the Labour Party (LP), candidate, Peter Obi, and his counterpart from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.

This was as Primate Ayodele declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC), presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, was out of the struggle for the 2023 presidential election.

Speaking with reporters, Ayodele noted that God would decide who becomes the next president of Nigeria.

He stressed that God would not look at any religion or zone in …

Peter Obi’s Lagos Rally Suggests APC's Decline - Bwala

Peter Obi’s Lagos Rally Suggests APC’s Decline – Bwala

October 2, 2022 5:51 am

Daniel Bwala who is a spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign has the rally by supporters of Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, in Kaduna shows the decline of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the state.

He said this in a series of tweets on Saturday. Obi’s supporters, earlier in the day, conducted a ‘one million march’ in various states to mark Independence Day.

Reacting, Bwala said Atiku made Obi popular, and ‘the crowd at Pitobi @PeterObi rally in Kaduna despite @elrufai…suggest the decline of APC in that state. This is even labour, not PDP, Obi …

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