2023 Elections: Tinubu Suffers Another Gaffe While Attacking Atiku in Akwa Ibom, Video Reveals

• The presidential candidate of the ruling APC, Bola Tinubu, suffered a gaffe in Akwa Ibom as he attacked his rival in the PDP, Atiku Abubakar
• Tinubu said when Atiku was made the "Senate president", he sold the country's assets and commonwealth
• However, Atiku never served as the President of the Senate, he was Nigeria's vice president between 1999 and 2007

Uyo, Akwa Ibom state - Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has suffered yet another gaffe ahead of the 2023 general elections.

He made the gaffe while addressing APC supporters at the party's presidential campaign rally in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital, on Monday, January 30.

Atiku was made Senate president, says Tinubu

Tinubu said Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)'s presidential candidate, was made the Senate president.

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Atiku who was Nigeria's vice president between 1999 and 2007, never served as Senate president.

in a viral video on Twitter, Tinubu was heard saying:

“Atiku, when we made him the Senate president...haba...you sell this, you sell that. Assets, our commonwealth, our patrimony. Everything that we have, you sell am.”

Nigerians react

ibrah!m, @ibrahim_navy, said:

"Asides the blunder he made, who else noticed the statement itself is born out of godfatherism and dictatorship? “When we make am “ just like he claims he made Buhari president."

Ayodele Akinlo, @AyoAkinlo, said:

"Ejoor! when was Atiku made Senate President?"

Justice, @Mrjusticenwosu, said:

"These are Shocking revelations from the great Jagaban, Jagaban has always been involved in the making of people."

Ezeh Gabriel, @dr_ezeh, said:

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"No. He meant other parties gave PDP the opportunity to produce the Senate President, and not that Atiku was made the Senate President.

"I am Obidient, though. Campaign without acrimony."

'Atiku was never Senate President,' Phrank Shaibu replies Tinubu

Meanwhile, Atiku, the PDP presidential candidate, has declared that the constant gaffes of Tinubu are now an embarrassment to Nigeria.

The former vice president made the declaration in a statement by his special assistant on public communication, Phrank Shaibu on Monday, January 30. He lamented that what started as a comic relief is slowly becoming a tragedy.

Also, on his Twitter page, Shaibu said Tinubu's gaffes are a threat to national security.

Source: Legit.ng