Begging Biden, shopping for endorsements, acts of desperation – Atiku’s campaign tells Tinubu

Begging Biden, shopping for endorsements, acts of desperation – Atiku’s campaign tells Tinubu


The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has lambasted the Presidential Campaign Organisation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for shopping for endorsements and begging United States President, Joe Biden, to call to congratulate Bola Tinubu.

The APC PCC Director of New Media, Femi Fani-Kayode, had taken to Twitter to say that although the US State Department had congratulated Mr Tinubu, there was a need for Mr Biden to add his voice as both the US and Nigeria shared a historic relationship.

“Yes, the American State Department and the American Ambassador to Nigeria both congratulated Asiwaju. For this, we are eternally grateful, and it reflects a measure of respect. However, it’s time for Joe (Biden) to pick up the phone and add his voice. We are a big nation: we deserve no less,” Mr Fani-Kayode tweeted.

Responding in a statement, however, Atiku’s Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, said Mr…

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