“I survived Atiku Abubakar from Obasanjo.” Bola Tinubu

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) presidential candidate, said Wednesday that he “rescued” Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, from former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

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This occurred when the Akwa Ibom State chapter of the APC informed supporters that they would support Tinubu in the presidential election on February 25.

Speaking at the party’s presidential rally held at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, Tinubu said Abubakar and his party were just about “stomach infrastructure.” They don’t have a mandate; what they have is ice cream. It has melted. I am the one that rescued him from Obasanjo, who wanted to roast him like goat meat.

“He ran away to Dubai, and when the election came again, he came for stomach infrastructure.” He came to Lagos. We rehabilitated him and gave him a ticket, but he wasted it and used it to collect money.

“He faced Obasanjo, faced Buhari, and failed. He failed with Jonathan. He failed in all his subjects.

“You better watch him before he starts selling the little palm trees that you have left.” What we need to do is develop our country. We have enough gas reservoirs on our land.

“Akwa Ibom, you will not suffer again.” That boy (Governor Emmanuel Udom) who brought Atiku here and calls himself governor—tell him enough is enough. He lived in my backyard in Lagos. “If not for the fact that we are one, I’d have driven him home.”

Earlier, addressing a crowd of supporters, former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and candidate of the APC for Akwa Ibom North West (Ikot Ekpene) senatorial district, Senator Godswill Akpabio, appealed to the party members and supporters to ensure they got their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) in order to return the party to power through Tinubu.

Tinubu’s unending gaffes are no longer a laughing matter—the PDP campaign

Meanwhile, the PDP Presidential Campaign, in a statement by the Special Assistant on Public Communications to the PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Mr. Phrank Shaibu, while reacting to Tinubu’s comment, said: “The constant gaffes of Tinubu, which started as a comic relief, are slowly becoming a tragedy, an embarrassment to Nigeria, Africa’s largest nation.”

“Since Tinubu declared his intention to contest, he has made over 20 gaffes publicly.”

“These gaffes, which have provided online skit makers with comic content, are no longer a laughing matter but a tragic embarrassment to a nation in dire need of salvation.”

“In his latest rally in Akwa Ibom State, Tinubu said he made Atiku Abubakar the Senate President when it is on record that Atiku has never contested any legislative election before.