Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Monday said he was still in active politics, contrary to stories making the rounds that he has decided to call it a quit. He described the story as fake news peddled by anti-democratic elements.
In a signed statement by the Atiku Media Office in Abuja and dated March 30, 2026, which was made available to Blueprint, the Wazirin Adamawa and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) said it was an attempt to create confusion and dampen the momentum of ADC.
Atiku cleared the air that he had neither decided to step aside and retire from active politics nor held any meeting regarding that.
The statement reads: “We wish to state, for the record, that information circulating on social media about a purported meeting of His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar, with stakeholders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), in which the former vice president allegedly decided to “step aside and retire from active politics,” is entirely false and deliberately misleading.
“The Waziri Adamawa has not in recent times held any such meeting with ADC stakeholders at the national level. The only recent engagement he had was with stakeholders of the ADC in Adamawa state last Thursday.
“An issue as fundamental and consequential as exiting active politics cannot, and would never, be communicated through rumours, faceless sources, or third-party fabrication. Such a decision, if ever taken, would be formally conveyed through the Atiku Media Office.
“This latest falsehood bears all the hallmarks of a coordinated disinformation campaign designed to create confusion, dampen momentum and mislead the Nigerian public.
“Only the government and its agents could have sponsored this desperate narrative out of fear of what is coming.”
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