The Senior Special Assistant to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Lere Olayinka, has mocked the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, following a ruling by the Abuja Federal High Court that disqualified him from running in the 2027 elections.
Olayinka, who said Atiku’s current situation is “Karma at work,” noted that the former vice president doesn’t know if he will be on the ballot in 2027.
He recalled that Atiku and his “gang” in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ensured his suspension from the party four years ago.
In a statement he tagged “Atiku: It is Karma at work,” Olayinka said he was suspended because he supported Wike and the former Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose.
He recounted running for the House of Representatives even though Atiku’s team didn’t want him to, and a few weeks before the 2023 elections, he was expelled from the PDP.
The statement reads:
“Four years ago, Atiku and his group in the PDP made me get suspended from the party. I was a candidate for the House of Representatives under the PDP, and because we supported the group led by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, myself and other National Assembly candidates in Ekiti State who were loyal to former Governor Ayo Fayose were suspended.
“While other candidates were getting ready for the election, we were dealing with court cases and had to let people know we were still running.
“Two weeks before the election, Atiku and his group, including Ayu, kicked us out of the PDP, which made our chances of running and winning the election very dangerous.
“Besides that, a lot of money was spent hiring lawyers to go to court and fight against us. They used unfair methods to prevent our case from being settled by the court before the election.
“The court canceled the expulsion three days before the election, but it was too late! Today, the court has canceled Atiku’s candidacy. Atiku isn’t sure if he’ll be on the ballot on January 16, 2027.
“The same worry and confusion that Atiku and his team caused me and others four years ago, he is now experiencing. That is karma.”