The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the choice by Abubakar Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, to turn down the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and instead join the APC represents a significant setback to his father’s political standing.
Lagos APC Spokesman, Seye Oladejo, made this known in a statement issued on Thursday titled, “You Can’t Trust Atiku More Than His Son,” reacting to the younger Atiku’s reported defection to the APC.
According to Oladejo, the party noted “with unmistakable clarity the political earthquake” occasioned by Abubakar Atiku Abubakar’s decision to abandon what he described as the “pretentious ADC contraption” and pitch his tent with the APC.
“This singular act has said more than a thousand press conferences ever could,” Oladejo said.
“When a man’s own son deserts his political judgment, repudiates his choices, and embraces an alternative path, Nigerians are entitled to ask what deeper indictment of credibility is required. If those closest to you are unconvinced by your political convictions, how do you expect an entire nation to suspend disbelief?”
Oladejo further accused Atiku Abubakar of decades of ideological inconsistency, describing his political career as “a restless odyssey defined by serial defections, transactional alliances, and an obsession with the Presidency.”
“From the PDP to the AC, back to the PDP, and now to the ADC, his politics has been nothing more than a nomadic ambition in search of a party willing to mortgage its soul,” he said.
He argued that the decision of Atiku’s son to join the APC was “not a coincidence but a confession,” describing it as a generational rejection of “recycled politics, expired ambitions, and leadership without conviction.”
Oladejo said the move represented an endorsement of the APC’s record of governance and the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“Let it be said without equivocation: when credibility collapses at home, it cannot be rehabilitated in the marketplace of national politics,” he added.
According to him, leadership that cannot inspire loyalty within its immediate constituency cannot command confidence among Nigerians.
The Lagos APC spokesman welcomed Abubakar Atiku Abubakar’s decision and urged Nigerians to “read the political handwriting on the wall.”
“The era of political tourism, moral inconsistency, and ambition without ideology is gasping for relevance,” Oladejo said. “If Atiku’s son has moved on, Nigeria certainly should.”