2023: Atiku should beg Nigerians for forgiveness instead of campaigning for president -Senator Adeyemi

The lawmaker representing Kogi West in the hallowed chambers Sen. Smart Adeyemi (APC-Kogi) has advised the former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to beg Nigerians for forgiveness for selling Nigeria’s assets, rather than seeking to occupy the presidential seat.

The Kogi National Assembly member stated this during an interactive session with indigenes of Kogi residing in Minna on Tuesday at a forum called ‘Tinubu/Shetiman Renewed Hope 2023’.

According to him, the former vice-president should apologise to Nigerians for selling the country’s collective wealth.

“Atiku under his watch as chairman of privatization sold our collective wealth and that was the origin of poverty and insecurity in Nigeria.

“So, Atiku should first apologise to Nigerians for the way and manner they expended N16 million dollars for power holding and yet we don’t have 24 hours power supply.

“Atiku should explain to us the maladministration of the privatization exercise they embarked on which of course cumulated into insecurity and the prospect of Nigerian economy today was a result of the exercise by the PDP which was chaired by Atiku Abubakar,” he said.

Adeyemi further called on Nigerians to support the presidential candidate of the All Progress Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, adding that they are both men with great antecedents.

“What Nigeria needs now is a man with great vision so that our foreign reserve will be enhanced, so that we will enjoy the security of lives and property and the country’s economy will move to a higher level,” he said.

The lawmaker described Tinubu and Shettima as a great combination from rich backgrounds and not coming to steal from Nigerians but to make the country regain its lost glory.