Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former Vice President, has downplayed claims that President Bola Tinubu polled over 10 million votes from the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election, held at the weekend.
According to results announced by the ruling party, Tinubu polled a total of 10,999,160 votes to pick his re-election ticket.
But speaking with newsmen at his Ajiya ward in Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State after casting his vote in the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential Primary, Atiku urged Nigerians to make good use of 2027 general elections by voting out the ruling party.
He accused Tinubu of maladministration and insensitivity to the plight of teeming electorate.
“It is a lie. The figures were merely written,” Atiku said while responding to a question on whether he was demoralised by Tinubu polling over 10 million votes in the APC presidential primary.
Atiku asked Nigerians to ignore the outcome of the APC presidential primary election.
While speaking on the ADC primaries, Atiku said: “It is encouraging to see the large number of people gathered here for this exercise, especially the youths. Whenever young people embrace something, it shows that it is worthwhile and beneficial to them and their families.”
Asked if he was confident of winning the general election should he emerge as the ADC candidate, amid its internal crisis, he said, “We are confident. We do not see any challenge that will stop us from achieving what we set out to do.
“My message to Nigerians is to vote for the ADC. Any other party aside from the ADC will only worsen their hardship.”
