Presidency, opposition in war of words over Buhari’s burial

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The Presidency has fired back at the African Democratic Congress over its allegation that President Bola Tinubu was exploiting the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari for political gains.

This is even as the ADC described the appointment of Muhammad Babangida, the son of former military leader Ibrahim Babangida and others as a, “desperate, cynical attempt to buy back the trust that he has spent over a year squandering, particularly in Northern Nigeria.”

The ADC had earlier criticised Tinubu’s actions since Buhari’s death, describing it as a “cynical” and “stage-managed” attempt to gain sympathy, particularly in the North where the former president maintained significant influence.

In response, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, in a statement on Saturday, said ADC’s criticism was “a laughable tantrum by a poorly amalgamated political contraption desperately clutching at straws for relevance it will never attain.”ADC’s Emergence

Dare said, “This is not the first time the ADC, in its pitiful, stuttering attempts at reinvention, has embarrassed itself with hollow, attention-seeking criticisms and press releases.

“A party still grappling with an identity crisis presumes to lecture the President of the Federal Republic on governance, decorum, and public accountability. How utterly ridiculous.

“Let it be said clearly: the ADC is the one exploiting Buhari’s death for political attention, not this government.

“From Atiku and El-Rufai’s choreographed arrival in Daura; greeted with chants seeking to make political capital from the solemnity of the moment — to this disgraceful press statement, the ADC has shown itself to be utterly shameless.”

Dare said while the ADC was issuing “venomous” press releases, President Tinubu was delivering real results.