A socio-political activist and critic, Chief Adesunbo Onitiri has advised the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to allow President Bola Tinubu to concentrate on governance, instead of heating up the polity and causing unnecessary disunity and distractions.
Onitiri gave this admonition in a statement issued in Lagos, adding that while millions of Nigerians were dying of hunger and starvation, Atiku was busy with the certificate saga.
He added that since the former Vice President had approached court to seek redress, he should wait for the outcome of his appeal before the Supreme Court instead of making a mess of the entire nation.
The statement read, “Atiku must be told in clear language that it is an act of arrogance, insensitivity, and a disservice to the entire Nigerians to continue to heat up the political space in view of the present daunting economic, hunger, insecurity, and other social challenges facing the nation, to which the Federal and state governments are trying assiduously to find solutions.
“Nobody is begrudging or begging Atiku not to pursue his presidential election petition against President Tinubu at the apex court. But it is not acceptable to Nigerians, especially the democrats for him to indulge in self-help by trying the case on pages of newspapers, social media, and TV programmes.
“If Atiku believes he has a good case, he should wait for the outcome of his appeal before the Supreme Court, instead of disgracing the entire Nigerians before the outside world and denting the nation’s image.”
