{"id":136871,"date":"2024-11-04T16:48:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T15:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/i-didnt-lose-2023-election-you-stole-it-atiku-fires-back-at-tinubu"},"modified":"2024-11-04T17:52:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T16:52:01","slug":"i-didnt-lose-2023-election-you-stole-it-atiku-fires-back-at-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/i-didnt-lose-2023-election-you-stole-it-atiku-fires-back-at-tinubu","title":{"rendered":"I didn\u2019t lose 2023 election, you stole it \u2013 Atiku fires back at Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar has insisted that the outcome of the 2023 presidential election was manipulated by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku\u2019s assertion followed an attack on him by the Presidency over his criticism of the President Bola Tinubu\u2019s policies<\/p>\n<p>The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had while lamenting the untold hardship bedeviling citizens, said he would have done better if he emerged as President in the 2023 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>In a swift response, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu\u2019s media aide, said Nigeria would have been worse off if Atiku had won.<\/p>\n<p>Onanuga mocked Atiku, saying Nigerians rejected him by voting for Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to Onanuga\u2019s outburst, Atiku in a statement on Monday said he did not lose the election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me emphasize that the citizens who cast their votes in the 2023 presidential election are well aware that I did not lose; rather, we find ourselves in this predicament because the election was criminally stolen from the Nigerian people\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>On the controversial tax reform bills proposed by the President, Atiku said, \u201cWe cannot hope to tax our way out of the economic quagmire wrought by these misguided experimental policies of a novice administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNumerous nations, such as the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Monaco (an EU territory with a zero-income tax policy), among many others, have emerged as economic powerhouses by fostering growth through lower taxation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy then are we fixated on inflicting further hardship upon an already struggling populace?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne can only speculate that Tinubu\u2019s government is anchored to a mere Tea-plan, which can only lead to a T-pain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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