‘Shameless concoction, cheap propaganda, Fayose’s new found job – Atiku

The former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has reacted to claims by the former governor of Ekiti State, Peter Ayo Fayose, saying that the governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde was plotting to become Vice Presidential candidate to Atiku Abubakar in 2027 general election.

Atiku said, the former Ekiti governor’s new found job is ‘shameless concoction, cheap propaganda and distortion.

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Fayose on Wednesday claimed that the meeting between Atiku Abubakar, Seyi Makinde and the former military dictator, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida in Minna behind closed doors was all about negotiation for Makinde to emerge as Vice Presidential candidate on the plat form of African Democratic Congress, ADC.

The ex-governor Ekiti State in a statement on Wednesday quoted Makinde of promising to divide the vote of President Bola Tinubu in the Southwest and also deliver Rivers to ADC, adding that Makinde would release the sum of N10 billion campaign fund for the ADC.

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Reacting through a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, described the statement as ‘shameless concoction, a distortion, and cheap propaganda.

Atiku denied the claim, saying that at no time did he engage in the imaginary horse trading, negotiations over vice presidential tickets, or ₦10 billion contributions.

The former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) maintained that he does not conduct politics in secrecy, bribery, or transactional desperation, as mischievously and irresponsibly portrayed, and urged the public to disregard the publication.

The statement read, “Peter Ayodele Fayose’s Beer Parlour Tales Of Infamy

“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. 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.

“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. We advise the public to treat the publication with the contempt it deserves.”

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