Tinubu running from pillar to post to get global recognition – Atiku

Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate has berated the Presidential Campaign Organisation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for allegedly shopping for endorsements and begging United States President, Joe Biden, to call to congratulate the president-elect, Bola Tinubu.

Atiku through his Special Assistant on Public Communication, Mr. Phrank Shaibu said Tinubu and his team should stop forcing foreign countries to recognise the “sham election conducted by INEC”.

He added, “After being the beneficiary of the worst and most fraudulent election in the history of Nigeria, Tinubu and his ilk are now running from pillar to post, begging Western powers to recognise Tinubu. This is the height of desperation.

“It is reminiscent of the Sani Abacha days where the maximum ruler tried to ingratiate himself with the West after refusing to recognise MKO Abiola as the winner of June 12 election and deciding to seize power over a people that did not want him.

“Even the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, stated expressly that Nigeria’s election was below the expectation of Nigerians. Several credible media houses locally and internationally, as well as EU observers, have all questioned the credibility of this election. Yet, Tinubu and his ilk want a stamp of approval on it? What a joke!”

Shaibu noted that even Chatham House, an independent policy institute based in London, in an analysis by one of its fellows said the February 25 presidential election showed that the Independent National Electoral Commission failed to learn new lessons.

Atiku’s aide advised Tinubu’s campaign team to save their strength for the legal challenge in the coming weeks rather than beg the US President to recognise his tainted mandate.