Former Nigerian Vice President and People’s Democratic Party Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar has criticised the call made by the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken to the President-elect, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu.
Atiku who on his social media platform Wednesday said he could not believed that such call could be made contrarily to the United States position on Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election.
According to former Vice President, “I am in disbelief that the Secretary Blinken called Tinubu, a contradiction to the publicly stated position of the US on Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election”.
He added, “This is inconceivable considering that America, as the bastion of democracy, is well briefed on the sham election of February 25.
“To give legitimacy to the widely acknowledged fraudulent election in Nigeria can be demoralising to citizens who have hedged their bet on democracy and the sanctity of the ballot”, the PDP Presidenctial Candidate said.
Earlier on Wednesday, the United States Secretary of State made a call to the Nigerian President-elect, Tinubu seeking commitment to further strengthening the U.S.-Nigeria relationship with the incoming administration.
A statement released by the State Department Spokesman, Mathew Miller, stating that Blinken noted that the US-Nigeria partnership is built on shared interests and strong people-to-people ties.
The Secretary emphasized that this ties and those links should continue to strengthen under President-elect Tinubu’s tenure, while both leaders discussed importance of inclusive leadership that represents Nigerians, continued comprehensive security cooperation, and reforms to support economic growth.
