Special Assistant to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, says the exit of former Anambra state governor, Peter Obi, from the ADC was never a loss to the party.

Speaking during an interview on Trust TV on Sunday, Shaibu said Obi was having fun in the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC.

He was speaking on the exit of Obi from the ADC early last month.

Recall that Obi and former presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabi’u Kwankwaso, dumped the ADC for the NDC, citing internal divisions and court cases.

Airing his own opinion, Atiku’s aide said, “I don’t see Peter Obi’s exit as a loss to the ADC. Peter has found a haven in the NDC or wherever he is. He’s simply having fun there.

“Let me tell you something. In that place, they have what we call the office of the Supreme Leader.

“That’s the only party in Nigeria where I have not seen the party officials. I’ve never heard the party chairman. I’ve never heard of the party secretary. I only hear from their Supreme Leader.”

Contrary to claims by former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, that he made the late Muhammadu Buhari president, the lawmaker representing Edo North Senatorial District, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has said Amaechi did not even vote for Buhari in 2015.

Oshiomhole, who spoke on Sunday in an interview on The Mic On Podcast, said the African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain could not vote because he was “overwhelmed” by the former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike.

According to the lawmaker, Amaechi, who served as the Director-General of Buhari’s campaign, instructed his supporters in Rivers State to boycott the election.

He said, “Amaechi lied that he made Buhari president. Amaechi was not able to vote for Buhari in 2015 because he unwisely directed the people of Rivers State to boycott the polls as he was overwhelmed by the forces of Wike.

“As Director-General of the campaign, he asked his people not to vote.”

Amaechi had, in an interview on Arise TV, claimed that it was he, and not Tinubu, who made Buhari president in 2015.

Lawmaker representing Edo North Senatorial District, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu and his predecessor, the late Muhammadu Buhari, both members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), differ significantly in their approach to policymaking.

Oshiomhole, in an interview on The Mic On Podcast on Sunday, criticized the immediate past administration, stating that Tinubu was unable to openly criticize Buhari’s government because he played a key role in bringing him to power.

The lawmaker recalled a statement he made during Tinubu’s presidential campaign in 2022, where he declared that the former Lagos State governor would not run on Buhari’s record.

He said: “I said during Tinubu’s campaign that Asiwaju would not run on the record of Buhari.

“Even though Buhari was still a sitting president then, I said Tinubu would run on his own person and record, not the record of Buhari, because Tinubu was not a player in Buhari’s government.

“Tinubu did not even have the opportunity to nominate anyone into Buhari’s government. President Tinubu has a sophisticated mind. He had to speak as a statesman; he cannot disown his predecessor, but I can do so.”