Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned All Progressives Congress (APC) spokesman, Felix Morka’s remark about former Anambra governor, Peter Obi.
This is contained in a statement Atiku issued on Tuesday.
Morka has been in the eye of the storm since a controversial remark about Obi during a Sunday interview with Arise TV.
“Peter Obi has crossed the line so many times and he has what’s coming to him, and whatever he gets, he should manage it,” Morka said.
In a reaction, Obi alleged a threat to his life, family and business interests following his criticism of President Bola Tinubu’s administration in his New Year message.
In his statement, Atiku said the APC spokesman’s “inflammatory remarks…serve as a disturbing emblem of the current administration’s unsettling strategy in addressing opposition figures”.
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the threat against Obi and the detention of another opposition figure, Mahdi Shehu, “signals a worrisome shift towards an authoritarian governance model, where the rights of opposition voices are being suffocated.”
He added, “The choice of words used by the APC’s spokesperson, particularly the ominous suggestion that Obi has “crossed the line,” reveals an alarming disdain for democratic principles.
