By Kolawole Ojebisi
The Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, Lere Olayinka, has predicted that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar will fail again if he takes another shot at the presidency in 2027.
Olayinka said that contesting the most exalted political seat in 2027 will make it the seventh failed attempt for the former number two citizen.
Posting on his Facebook page, the minister’s spokesman on Thursday charged Atiku to do a reality check and stop lying to himself after six previous failed attempts at the presidency.
Olayinka wrote: “Six unsuccessful attempts at the presidency, he won’t stop lying despite his age.
“2027 will definitely be his seventh failed attempt.”
Recall that on Wednesday that Wike’s spokesman vowed that his principal will frustrate Atiku’s 2027 presidential bid.
He made the remarks while reacting to Atiku’s recent comment that he had no regrets about not picking Wike as his running mate in the 2023 presidential election.
Olayinka also said Wike has no regret that Atiku ignored him and picked former Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate in 2023.
Atiku has contested the presidency six times.
He first ran in 1993, and then again in 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023 always as the candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party or as a member of different parties.
His most recent attempt was in 2023, where he lost to President Bola Tinubu.
