Atiku Reaping What He Sowed -Lere Olayinka

Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has described the court ruling nullifying Atiku Abubakar’s candidacy as an act of karma.

Olayinka said the former Vice President was experiencing the same political uncertainty and anxiety that he and other Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates loyal to Wike and former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, allegedly suffered four years ago.

In a statement titled, “Atiku: It is Karma at Work!”, Olayinka recalled how he and other PDP National Assembly candidates in Ekiti State were suspended and subsequently expelled from the party ahead of the 2023 general election.

He alleged that the action was orchestrated by Atiku and his allies in the PDP because they belonged to the group led by Wike.

According to him, while other candidates were campaigning ahead of the election, he and his colleagues were distracted by court cases and efforts to convince voters that they remained valid candidates.

Olayinka further alleged that about two weeks before the election, the then PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, and other party leaders moved to expel them, putting their candidacies at risk.

He claimed that millions of naira were spent engaging Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to challenge them in court, while several tactics were allegedly deployed to frustrate the determination of their cases before the election.

Olayinka said the court eventually nullified their expulsion three days before the election, but the judgment came too late to reverse the damage caused to their electoral chances.

Drawing a comparison with Atiku’s current political predicament, the Wike aide said the former Vice President was now facing similar uncertainty following the court decision affecting his candidacy.

“Today, the candidacy of the same Atiku has been nullified by the court. Whether or not he will be on the ballot on January 16, 2027, Atiku does not know,” he said.

Olayinka added that Atiku was now experiencing the same anxiety and uncertainty allegedly imposed on him and other candidates during the 2023 elections.

“The same state of anxiety and uncertainty that Atiku and his men put myself and others four years ago, he is in such state now.

“That is KARMA!” he declared.

He signed the statement as Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister.