Atiku accuses Tinubu’s APC of silencing opposition through arrests

Atiku Abubakar claims Tinubu’s APC is systematically harassing and arresting critics, including Yele Sowore and Professor Usman Yusuf, to establish a one-party autocracy.

When I made the clarion call that Tinubu and the APC were devoting their energies to the systematic harassment, intimidation, and dismantling of the opposition, all in service of their grand design for a one-party autocracy, I became the target of vicious attacks. The arrest and…

— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) January 30, 2025

When I made the clarion call that Tinubu and the APC were devoting their energies to the systematic harassment, intimidation, and dismantling of the opposition, all in service of their grand design for a one-party autocracy, I became the target of vicious attacks. The arrest and baseless prosecution of
@YeleSowore
is the latest chapter in this unrelenting campaign. Now, they have seen fit to add Professor Usman Yusuf — an outspoken critic of this administration — into their grim roster. At the pace they are going, it seems they may soon find themselves contending with the incarceration of every one of us. -AA