By Our Reporter
The camp of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dismissed as reckless and malicious fabrication a post attributed to former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, alleging secret political negotiations involving him.
Fayose had alleged that the Oyo State, 'Seyi Makinde had agreed to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and join the African Democratic Congress (ADC) on the condition that he would emerge as the party’s vice-presidential candidate for Atiku in the 2027 General Elections.
The former Ekiti State governor made the claim in a statement titled, “Between Atiku and Makinde, Untold Story of What Happened in Minna Yesterday,” posted on his verified X (formerly Twitter) account on Wednesday.
According to him, Makinde met with Atiku in Minna, Niger State, on Tuesday in what he described as a carefully arranged meeting with selected personalities to ensure “confidence and acceptability.”
However, in a statement, titled: "Peter Ayodele Fayose’s Beer Parlour Tales Of Infamy," issued in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Thursday, Atiku’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, described the entire publication as a shameless concoction.
According to Shaibu, the report was a tissue of lies stitched together by a serial purveyor of political gossip whose relevance survives only on controversy, distortion, and cheap propaganda, saying that at no time did Atiku "engage in the imaginary horse-trading described in that laughable script."
"Our attention has been drawn to a reckless and malicious fabrication titled "Between Atiku and Makinde, Untold Story of What Happened in Minna Yesterday," attributed to one Peter Ayodele Fayose.
"Let it be stated clearly: the entire publication is a shameless concoction — a tissue of lies stitched together by a serial purveyor of political gossip whose relevance survives only on controversy, distortion, and cheap propaganda.
"At no time did former Vice President Atiku Abubakar engage in the imaginary horse-trading described in that laughable script," he stated.
Speaking further, further refuted
claims of negotiations over a vice-presidential ticket, the alleged ₦10 billion contributions, zoning arrangements, delegate guarantees, or any clandestine meeting in Dubai.
"There were no negotiations over vice-presidential tickets. There were no discussions about ₦10 billion contributions. There were no zoning manipulations. There were no delegate-delivery guarantees. And there is certainly no clandestine "Dubai meeting" on any such agenda," he stated.
This was just as Shaibu noted that the attempt to drag other political actors into what he described as "this fabricated beer parlour tale does not elevate Fayose's credibility; but merely exposes the desperation behind it.
"His Excellency Atiku Abubakar’s political engagements are broad-based, principled, and national in scope — not the narrow, transactional theatrics invented in that publication.
"The story is not insider information. It is insider fiction — manufactured to mislead, distract, and provoke.
It is unfortunate that certain individuals, long deprived of credibility and political gravitas, now attempt to manufacture relevance by inventing tales around serious national figures. Falsehood may trend for a moment, but it collapses under the weight of truth.
"Atiku Abubakar does not transact politics in secrecy, bribery, or transactional desperation as mischievously and irresponsibly portrayed. He remains focused on principled engagement and national redemption — not backroom theatrics designed by attention-seekers," the statement said.
"We advise the public to treat the publication with the contempt it deserves," it concluded.
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