By Omeiza Ajayi
ABUJA – The camp of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has fired again at former Ekiti State Governor, Peter Ayodele Fayose, describing his recent claims concerning a gathering in Minna between Atiku and Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde as a “reckless and malicious fabrication.”
In a strongly worded assertion issued Thursday in Abuja, Particular Assistant on Public Communication to the previous vice chairman, Phrank Shaibu dismissed Fayose’s claims titled “Between Atiku and Makinde, Untold Story of What Occurred in Minna Yesterday,” which alleged that the duo engaged in horse-trading over a vice-presidential slot for the 2027 elections.
Shaibu described the publication as a “tissue of lies” authored by a “serial purveyor of political gossip,” asserting that no such negotiations or monetary transactions befell throughout the go to to former army President Gen. Ibrahim Babangida IBB.
“At no time did former Vice President Atiku Abubakar interact within the imaginary horse-trading described in that laughable script.
“There have been no negotiations over vice-presidential tickets. There have been no discussions about ₦10 billion contributions. There have been no zoning manipulations. There have been no delegate-delivery ensures. And there’s definitely no clandestine ‘Dubai assembly’ on any such agenda”, mentioned Shaibu.
The assertion recommended that the claims had been “insider fiction” manufactured by people looking for political relevance by way of controversy and distortion.
Shaibu argued that dragging different political actors into the narrative didn’t lend it credibility however as an alternative uncovered a way of desperation.
“His Excellency Atiku Abubakar’s political engagements are broad-based, principled, and nationwide in scope — not the slender, transactional theatrics invented in that publication,” he added.
He maintained that Atiku doesn’t “transact politics in secrecy, bribery, or transactional desperation” and stays targeted on nationwide redemption moderately than “backroom theatrics.”
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