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Atiku Abubakar of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated President-elect Bola Tinubu as a “hypocrite” for being silent while his loyalists threatened and disenfranchised voters during Saturday’s governorship and state House of Assembly elections in Lagos.
Mr Abubakar’s statement came as a reaction to Mr Tinubu’s condemnation of electoral violence and voter intimidation that marred the March 18 elections.
“Tinubu’s latest statement is laced with hypocrisy and lies. For a whole month, traditional leaders, transport hooligans, and politicians in his camp threatened non-indigenes but Tinubu kept mute,” Mr Abubakar said in a statement by his spokesperson Frank Shuaibu.
Citing how voters were intimidated and disenfranchised in Lagos during the elections, Mr Abubakar accused Mr Tinubu of shielding his thugs and loyalists from prosecution.
“His lackey, MC Oluomo, who is a member of his Presidential campaign council, was seen on video threatening Igbo people but Tinubu said nothing. His campaign spokesmen, Bayo Onanuga and Femi Fani-Kayode, went on social media to warn Igbo people against exercising their franchise but Tinubu looked the other way.
“Traditional rulers imposed curfews and went about slaughtering goats and placing them in front of…
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