Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described a former Ekiti State governor, Peter Ayodele Fayose, as a serial political gossip and urged the public to ignore what he called his “beer parlour tales of infamy” concerning vice-presidential tickets.
Atiku said there were no negotiations over any vice-presidential position during his recent visit to the residence of former Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida.
Fayose had alleged, in what was described as a malicious fabrication, that Governor Seyi Makinde agreed to run as a vice-presidential candidate with Atiku and pledged ₦10 billion in contributions.
In a statement issued Thursday in Abuja, the former vice president, through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, denied the allegation in its entirety, insisting that at no time did Atiku engage in the alleged horse-trading described in the report.
According to Shaibu, Fayose’s account is not insider information but insider fiction, manufactured to mislead, distract and provoke.
“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.
“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.
“The attempt to drag other political actors into this fabricated beer parlour tale does not elevate its credibility; it 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.
“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 urged the public to treat the publication with the contempt it deserves.
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