Atiku yet to recover from shock defeat — Presidency

<p>The Presidency has dismissed the alarm raised by former vice president Atiku Abubakar over an alleged plot by agents of President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to intimidate the judiciary to subvert Justice in the ongoing challenge to the outcome of the 2023 presidential election at the Presidential Election Petitions Court.</p>, <p>In a response issued by Dele Alake, Special Adviser to the President Special Duties, Communications & Strategy on Saturday night, the Presidency alleged that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the poll was yet to fully recover from his shock defeat.</p>, <p>While accusing him of trying to blackmail the judiciary, the statement asserted that Tinubu would never undermine the judiciary.</p>, <p>It reads: “We have read the laughable and jejune statement by former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Candidate in the last election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.</p>, <p>“It is obvious that having been thoroughly defeated by the All Progressives Congress and now President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the former Vice President has not fully recovered from the shock of defeat, hence the current attempt to mischievously rake up another round of inanities that offend basic logic and rational thinking.</p>, <p>“In the ill-thought-out and illogical statement, Alhaji Atiku accused the current administration of the governing APC of plotting to undermine the judiciary without providing any shred of evidence. Apart from innuendos, insinuations and outright lies contained in the said press statement, the former Vice President Atiku didn’t put forward any convincing argument to support his claims on how the President Tinubu-led administration and APC sought to undercut, undermine and compromise the judiciary.</p>, <p>“If the former Vice President believes in democracy and the sanctity of the Judiciary, as claimed, he would not engage in making spurious and wild allegations aimed at disparaging and discrediting an important arm of government th