Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has denied reports that has quit active politics, describing the reports as plans by anti-democratic elements to create confusion and dampen momentum of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
In a statement signed by the Atiku Media Office in Abuja on Monday, the former Vice President said he cannot, and would never, communicate as issue as fundamental and consequential as exiting active politics through rumours, faceless sources, or third-party fabrication.
The media office said only the government and its agents could have sponsored this desperate narrative out of fear of what is coming.
“This latest falsehood bears all the hallmarks of a coordinated disinformation campaign designed to create confusion, dampen momentum, and mislead the Nigerian public.
“We wish to state, for the record, that information circulating on social media about a purported meeting of His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar, with stakeholders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), in which the former Vice President allegedly decided to ‘step aside and retire from active politics,’ is entirely false and deliberately misleading.
“The Waziri Adamawa has not in recent times held any such meeting with ADC stakeholders at the national level. The only recent engagement he had was with stakeholders of the ADC in Adamawa State,” the statement read.
Atiku noted that the current mischief is being driven by anti-democratic elements who are deeply unsettled by the growing national consensus to rescue Nigeria from the failures of the current administration.
He urged his supporters, members of the ADC, and all well-meaning Nigerians to disregard the fake news in its entirety and remain focused on the collective effort to rebuild Nigeria.
