Osun Crisis: ‘Cease Your Reckless Acts Of Political Sabotage’ – Atiku Fires Tinubu, APC

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has lashed out at President Bola Tinubu over the political crisis in Osun State.

Naija News reports that violence erupted on Monday in Osun State as the battle for the control of the local government secretariats between the PDP and the All Progressives Congress (APC) turned bloody.

In a statement via his 𝕏 handle on Tuesday, Atiku opined that the display of lawlessness in Osun state exposed the dept of Tinubu-led APC government’s desperation to retain power at all costs.

The former Vice President frowned at the failure of the presidency and APC leadership to condemn the lawlessness but watched in complicit silence.

Atiku also urged the security agencies deployed for Saturday’s elections to uphold their constitutional duty with professionalism, refusing to be used as enforcers of APC’s criminal agenda.

He wrote, “Nigerians bore witness to a chilling display of lawlessness yesterday, as the Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) exposed the depths of its desperation to retain power at all costs — through sheer political brigandage and the subversion of democracy.

“In Osun State, the APC orchestrated a full-scale assault on the democratic process, attempting to hijack the local government elections through brute force. Armed thugs and mercenaries, operating under the party’s protection, launched an audacious bid to seize control of all 30 local government area council secretariats. And yet, the so-called national leadership of the APC and the presidency watched in complicit silence.

“Had it not been for the fearless resistance of Osun people — who stood their ground against the APC’s rampaging foot soldiers — democracy in the state would have been trampled under the boots of political marauders acting at the behest of their party’s overlords.

“Let this be clear: Osun State will never bow to anti-democratic forces. The people have shown beyond doubt that they will not allow their electoral rights to be stolen, no matter the level of intimidation.

“We demand that security agencies deployed for Saturday’s elections uphold their constitutional duty with professionalism, refusing to be used as enforcers of APC’s criminal agenda. The world is watching. These are dangerous times. The APC has abandoned any pretence of democratic legitimacy, resorting instead to brute force in its bid to cling to power — even as the people have overwhelmingly rejected it.

“We commend the brave citizens of Osun for standing up to the tyranny that sought to break them. Their resilience is a beacon of hope in the face of unrelenting oppression. Tinubu’s APC has left no doubt — it will stop at nothing to subvert democracy and impose itself against the will of the people. But Nigerians must resist. The time-honored warning remains true: eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.

“President Bola A. Tinubu, @officialABAT, and his dwindling band of enablers must cease their reckless acts of political sabotage — not just in Osun or Lagos, but across Nigeria. The people demand governance, not chaos. Nigerians will not sit idly while their democracy is hijacked by a power-drunk regime intent on setting the country on fire. Enough is enough.”