The Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, Lere Olayinka, on Thursday said ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s plan to run for the presidency in 2027 will be his seventh failed attempt.
Posting on his Facebook page, the minister’s spokesman charged Atiku to stop lying to himself after six previous failed attempts at the presidency.
PUNCH Online reports on Wednesday that Wike’s spokesman vowed that his principal will frustrate Atiku’s 2027 presidential bid while reacting to his recent comment that he had no regrets about not picking Wike as his running mate in the 2023 presidential election.
Olayinka also said Wike has no regret that Atiku ignored him and picked former Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate in 2023.
Olayinka wrote: “Six unsuccessful attempts at the presidency, he won’t stop lying despite his age.
“2027 will definitely be his seventh failed attempt.”
Atiku has contested for the presidency six times.
He first ran in 1993, and then again in 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023 always as the candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party or as a member of different parties.
His most recent attempt was in 2023, where he lost to President Bola Tinubu.
