Atiku challenges Tinubu to grant one hour interview to prove mental fitness

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar has challenged the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to grant a one hour television interview to prove his mental fitness for the job.

Reacting to allegations by the Tinubu Campaign Organisation that he was unfit for office because he engaged in private business while serving as a Customs officer among other issues discussed during his interview with Arise TV, the former vice president dared Tinubu to take up the challenge.

“‘We would like to challenge Bola Tinubu to subject himself to an hour long interview, like the Waziri did, and if he is able to be as articulate and mentally present as our candidate, then he can talk. Until then, we will only want to remind him and his yes men that they are not in a position to point fingers when they have not sat on the hot seat,” a statement issued by Atiku’s media aide, Paul Ibe, said

According to Ibe, former vice president was “amused to read the knee jerk response from the Tinubu Campaign Organisation to the wave making interview granted by Atiku Abubakar”

He said the Tinubu campaign “exposed its gross desperation and vacuousness by citing the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) 1999, to declare Waziri Atiku Abubakar’s stance on engaging in a side business while he was a young custom officer as a breach of the law. It is pertinent to educate the Tinubu campaign organisation that Nigeria is not under a military regime and our Constitutions are not retroactive in nature.”

“Atiku Abubakar has earned Masters degree from Anglia Ruskin University. We challenge any of the present Presidential candidates to present an equal or higher degree. Moreover, his university attendance is a matter of verified record. Can we say the same about some other persons?”