Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has debunked rumours that he has quit active politics, describing the insinuation as fake news.
Atiku Media Office, in a statement on Monday, described the development as a plan by anti-democratic elements to create confusion and dampen the momentum of the African Development Congress (ADC), insisting that Atiku never held any meeting with the coalition party’s stakeholders to announce his stepping down.
The statement reads, “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 last Thursday.
“An issue as fundamental and consequential as exiting active politics cannot, and would never, be communicated through rumours, faceless sources, or third-party fabrication. Such a decision, if ever taken, would be formally conveyed through the Atiku Media Office.
According to Atiku, the latest falsehood bears all the hallmarks of a coordinated disinformation campaign aimed at creating confusion, dampening momentum, and misleading the Nigerian public.
“Only the government and its agents could have sponsored this desperate narrative out of fear of what is coming.
“We state without equivocation that this 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.
“We therefore urge supporters of Atiku Abubakar, members of the ADC, and all well-meaning Nigerians to disregard this fake news in its entirety and remain focused on the collective effort to reclaim and rebuild our nation.”
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