Former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 Presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has described the current administration as “government of Tinubu, by Tinubu and for Tinubu.”
Atiku’s views were expressed in a statement released by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe. The former Vice president said after President Tinubu leaves office, it will be nearly impossible to break what he called shackles as he alleged that the future of Nigerians has been effectively mortgaged to President Bola Tinubu, his family, and associates.
Just as Alpha Beta, Primero, and others act as Tinubu’s proxies in Lagos, managing critical sectors and generating revenue for him and his family, he has begun to replicate this at the federal level,” the statement read.
Atiku said he regrets that his intention to privatize the NNPC and increase its transparency has been overshadowed by what he described as the criminal hijack of the company by corporate cabals around the current president.
Atiku said, “In October 2022, just five months before the elections, the NNPC Retail controversially announced it had acquired OVH and all its filling stations. NNPCL already had about 550 filling stations across the country but claimed it was enhancing its capacity by acquiring OVH, which had only 94 stations and 100 others leased.
“The NNPCL did not disclose the purchase price of OVH or the terms of the acquisition. A Freedom of Information request by Premium Times was also rejected by the NNPC, which claimed to be a private company despite still being government-owned.
