Baba-Ahmed, who was the running mate to Peter Obi on the Labour Party ticket in the 2023 presidential election, said the major politicians seeking to unseat Tinubu had, at different times, been part of the same political establishment they now claim to oppose.
The exchange followed a comment by an X user, identified as @Oluwabunmi63697, who challenged Atiku over a photograph showing children apparently engaged in street begging.
In a statement issued on Thursday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the Presidency stressed that the case before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia is strictly a civil dispute over access to government records.
The appointment is significant because Von Batten’s firm was hired by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar earlier this year under a $1.2 million, 12-month agreement to provide government-affairs and strategic-advisory services in the United States.
Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C., in a statement posted on its X account on Wednesday, alleged that its founder, Dr Karl Von Batten, received an unsolicited offer of $3 million “a few days ago”, alongside an invitation to a confidential meeting in London.
President Bola Tinubu devoted a substantial part of his latest statement, released on X, attacking the economic position of His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar, yet declined, rather theatrically, to mention him by name, claiming that he would not “dignify” opposition leaders.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, made the allegations in a statement in which he described recent reports attributed to a Washington-based consultant as politically motivated claims being packaged as sensitive United States intelligence.
Major political parties and their leaders, on whom rests the success of the much -anticipated G100 conference on the coalition of opposition political parties against President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general poll, are singing discordant tunes, few hours before the gathering at the Yar’Adua Civic Centre in Abuja on Monday, August 31, 2026.
Atiku made the allegation in an interview with the BBC while defending his decision to seek the presidency in the 2027 general election and responding to questions surrounding his age and fitness for public office.
The latest criticism followed a series of apparently conflicting explanations from Atiku and members of his political camp on whether a government led by him would restore petrol subsidy and, if so, under what conditions.
Seeing Asake live in Lagos this December could cost fans considerably more than the price of a streaming subscription. But for those who want to be part of the experience, paying for the privilege may no longer require having the entire ticket money sitting in their accounts at once.
