The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has defended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s leadership style, saying his decisions are guided by law, due process, and national interest not emotion or political pressure.
Reacting to recent comments by an aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the party’s Publicity Secretary, Seye Oladejo, described the opposition’s statement as “a cocktail of ignorance, frustration, and political bitterness from a camp desperate for attention.”
Oladejo, in a statement released in Lagos, said, “Unlike the impulsive and uninformed commentary that has become the trademark of the opposition, President Tinubu’s decisions are driven by due process, rule of law, and national interest. In advanced democracies, informed review and reconsideration are marks of credible leadership and institutional maturity not weakness.”
He added that it was “quite understandable, though regrettable,” that Atiku and his media handlers “permanently misread governance dynamics,” noting that the former Vice President had been out of public office since 2007.
“The political world has evolved, Nigeria has evolved, public administration has evolved,” Oladejo said. “Unfortunately, Atiku has not. His thoughts remain trapped in a bygone political era outdated, unimaginative, and disconnected from today’s realities. His ideas are as stale as the repeated electoral losses that have now become his identity.”
The APC spokesman also criticised Atiku’s political history, alleging that his career had been marked by “endless defections, internal party sabotage, and judicial tourism.”
“It is the height of irony that a candidate whose career has been defined by unresolved scandals and unexplained fortunes is attempting to lecture President Tinubu on leadership or integrity,” Oladejo remarked.
He further advised Atiku’s camp to “focus on rehabilitating its battered political credibility” instead of issuing what he called “hollow press tantrums.”
“The public is weary of Atiku’s infantile, bitterness-driven politics where sound governance decisions are attacked just for the sake of noise-making,” he added.
Oladejo maintained that President Tinubu’s government is “strengthening institutions, not pandering to emotions or social media theatrics.”
He concluded: “We urge Nigerians to ignore the latest media convulsions from a defeated politician’s corner. President Tinubu will continue to lead with constitutional discipline, courage, and clarity of purpose not the bitterness and confusion that have become hallmarks of those rejected repeatedly at the polls. Nigeria is moving forward, and no amount of political tantrums will change that reality.”
