Sen. Smart Adeyemi: Atiku Merely Wasting His Funds, Time

Sen. Smart Adeyemi: Atiku Merely Wasting His Funds, Time

● Atiku hurries to organize press conference but Abati says there are no smoking guns 

By Elem Kash

Senator Smart Adeyemi of Kogi State says the presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2023 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is simply wasting time and making lawyers and other hangers on richer.

Adeyemi who was a guest on Arise Television Thursday afternoon spoke against the backdrop of the news conference addressed by Atiku in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.

Atiku had called the conference to present a perspective of their own interpretation of the position presented by the Chicago State University.

The presidential candidate who making efforts to mobiluze public opinion against Nigeria’s sitting President said Asiwaju Bola Tinubu allegedly forged the certificate of the institution and urged Nigerians to throw him out.

According to him, Tinubu has brought humiliation upon the Nigerian people by presenting what he described as a fake certificate to INEC.

Atiku noted in answer to a question that the APC and Nigeria’s former President, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari took away part of his business, saying presently he has no business transaction with the government.

But Senator Adeyemi who  was asked what he thought about Atiku’s news conference said the PDP presidential flagbearer is simply wasting time and money.

He said the Chicago State University has confirmed that President Bola Tinubu attended the institution.

Adeyemi, a former President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, further noted that the university whose certificate is at the heart of a raging controversy has also affirmed that Tinubu graduated with honours.

The Senator dismissed Atiku’s comment at the press briefing, saying at the end of the day, nothing meaningful would be achieved from all the noise that is being generated.

Wednesday, Dr. Reuben Abati said on the Arise TV’s Morning Show that “there are no smoking guns.”

He noted that the fact that Tinubu attended the Chicago State University and graduated when he said did has been factually established.

 

Abati equally noted that the certificate issue was not part of the pleadings brought before the Supreme Court by Atiku and his lawyers.

The top flight journalist said it was proper to provide Nigerians with proper and accurate information in order to avoid unnecessary misconceptions.