Tinubu’s Certificate Saga: Atiku Is Beating Empty Drums Of Lies, Sheer Falsehood – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, has claimed the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the February 25th election, Atiku Abubakar, is suffering from serial electoral losses over his push for the nullification of President Bola Tinubu’s victory.

Naija News reports that Morka stated this while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, hours after Atiku’s briefing on the certificate controversy.

Atiku, who lost in the 2023 election to Tinubu and also to Muhammadu Buhari in 2019, had earlier on Thursday addressed the press after the Chicago State University (CSU) released Tinubu’s academic credentials, which he earlier demanded on the suspicion that the President submitted fake documents for the 2023 election.

However, the spokesman of the APC  faulted the former vice president’s address, saying it was another occasion of beating empty drums of lies, distortion and sheer falsehood.

He noted that Atiku’s serial electoral losses have affected him, but it is a reason to make up stories to indulge himself.

He said, “When the press conference ended, I was actually grappling with the points and the reason for that press conference. I could not put my finger on why he actually called a so-called press conference today. The only thing I can say is that it was simply another occasion by Atiku Abubakar to beat his tattered and empty drums of lies, distortions, untruths, and sheer falsehood.

“This is not an occasion to be emotional. I can understand that when you lose an election, especially for a man who has serially lost presidential elections, I can understand that he is affected by his serial loss.

“That’s an emotional issue for him, and I sympathise with him and everyone around him. But that’s not a reason to just make up stories to indulge yourself.”

According to Felix Morka, Atiku and his team had filed a suit to stop Tinubu’s election on the basis that he did not attend CSU and not a case of forgery, as earlier claimed.

He added, “The argument, quite to the contrary, was that he did not go to CSU. So, when did we go from he did not go to CSU to forging a certificate?”