The All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed former presidential adviser, Pat Utomi, over his latest criticisms of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, describing his actions as pushed extra by private animosity than constructive intent.
Reacting to Utomi’s announcement of a “Huge Tent Coalition Shadow Authorities” on Could 5, 2025, the APC, in a press release signed by its Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, accused the professor of partaking in political theatrics.
“Professor Pat Utomi should be an mental drama king of types,” Morka said.
“His declaration of a shadow authorities contradicts the very rationale he gave for yet one more of his serially failed ‘large bang’ political experiments.”
Utomi had alleged that the Tinubu administration’s “coverage missteps” had worsened poverty and relied on propaganda whereas suppressing dissenting voices.
He additionally cited latest defections to the APC as proof of democratic decline in Nigeria.
However the APC refuted these claims, stating that Utomi has all the time exercised his full rights to freedom of thought, speech, and affiliation in a democratic society.
“Utomi has loved, and continues to take pleasure in, his fullest constitutional rights. His declaration of a shadow authorities is, in itself, a show of democratic freedom – within the excessive,” the celebration mentioned.
The APC condemned Utomi’s comparability of Nigeria’s democratic state of affairs to the fascist period of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany, calling the analogy “reckless, irresponsible, and insensitive.”
The celebration described Utomi’s political observe file as one marked by failure and disorientation, citing his unsuccessful bid for the Delta State APC governorship ticket in 2019, his function in Peter Obi’s 2023 Labour Party marketing campaign, and different collapsed third-force actions.
“Utomi’s dramatic narrative about gas subsidy is revisionist,” the assertion continued.
“Atiku Abubakar of the PDP and Peter Obi of the Labour Party additionally campaigned for the removing of the subsidy. That’s not propaganda – it’s a documented truth.”
On the difficulty of celebration defections, the APC said:
“No democratic precept compels a ruling celebration to handle the affairs of opposition events. The APC shouldn’t be answerable for the dysfunction and disintegration of the opposition.”
The celebration mentioned the continuing defections into the APC are an indication of endorsement of President Tinubu’s inclusive and visionary management.
“These defectors are patriots who’ve chosen to be a part of a historic repositioning of our nation below the daring management of President Tinubu,” the assertion concluded.
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