The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as an “80-year-old political tourist,” criticizing his decision to officially join the African Democratic Congress (ADC) at his age.

Mogaji Seye Oladejo, spokesman for the state APC, said Atiku’s move reflects both desperation and a long-standing “incurable addiction to party-hopping.”

In a statement issued on Wednesday, Oladejo questioned what Atiku hopes to achieve at this stage in his political career.

“Atiku’s decision to pick up an ADC membership card at 80 is the perfect climax to a political career defined by ceaseless desperation, chronic restlessness, and an incurable addiction to party-hopping,” Oladejo said.
“Nigerians are laughing – and rightly so. The question writes itself: What exactly is Atiku still looking for at 80? Power? Relevance? Closure? Or simply another party to scatter?”

Oladejo highlighted Atiku’s political history, saying he has “worn more political jerseys than a veteran footballer on a farewell tour, contested presidential elections like a man chasing a debt rather than a mandate, abandoned allies, parties, and principles at the slightest inconvenience, and spent decades auditioning for a job Nigerians have repeatedly told him he cannot have.”

He described Atiku’s jump to the ADC as neither strategy nor reinvention, but survival disguised as relevance.

“It is not courage – it is panic,” Oladejo added.

The spokesman also questioned Atiku’s ability to lead the country, citing his record in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP):

“A man who couldn’t fix PDP wants to fix Nigeria? Please. Here is a man who split the PDP into pieces, fought governors, disrespected party elders, weaponized internal chaos, and plunged the party into its worst existential crisis – only to now run away like a burglar leaving a ransacked house. And now, at 80 years old, he wants to start again? Start what, exactly? Another round of confusion? Another failed presidential bid? Another national distraction?”