Atiku: “Oladejo’s Attack Is Lazy Politics, Not Leadership”
By ‘Demola Olarewaju
A recent outburst by one Seye Oladejo of the Lagos APC leaves me, as a Lagos political player, surprised but not shocked. Diversion from substantial issues is a usual feature of failed parties, and this individual is doubly afflicted by it—producing nothing to show either in Lagos, where he claims to serve, or nationally, where he attempts to advertise himself by punching above his weight.
His lengthy press release is an exercise in tortuous reading and a display of lazy thinking: full of polemics and rhetoric, yet lacking any substantial response to the issues of poverty and hunger in Nigeria under President Bola Tinubu, as raised by H.E. Atiku Abubakar (GCON).
By claiming he was “compelled” to respond, Oladejo is merely trying to call attention to himself as the next foul-mouthed, reality-denying APC member—indirectly indicting the plethora of spokespersons within the APC at the national level, including those who resume daily to do nothing at the Villa.
The best response to Atiku’s voice echoing the daily experiences of the Nigerian majority would have been a fact-based analysis of how Tinubu has improved the lives of Nigerians. But lacking any such insight, the APC has once again resorted to political attacks on opponents.
Consistent with the porous thinking now surrounding and attracted by the presidency, Oladejo appears a perfect fit for Bola Tinubu’s media and political team. He would find himself in familiar company with Reno Omokri and Femi Fani-Kayode, as he also seems to suffer from a grandiose perception of himself—insisting that the titles of Mogaji and Honourable be paired to elevate himself further above the ordinary Nigerians impoverished by his advert targets in Aso Rock.
Atiku Abubakar’s credentials and impact on governance in Nigeria remain matters of incontrovertible history—never successfully challenged anywhere except in puerile or ethnically biased minds, or in beer-parlour talk, which Oladejo is clearly steeped in. If H.E. Atiku Abubakar is indeed the problem, Bola Tinubu has presidential powers to act—just like his predecessors have since Atiku left office in 2007.
Their inability to do anything beyond political market-speech confirms either that Atiku is an institution greater than them collectively, or they are merely playing games to distract Nigerians from the triple affliction of poverty, hunger, and insecurity.
We will meet them frontally on the field of politics when the time comes. But for now, we urge them to focus on their records of failure in Lagos State and across Nigeria.
‘Demola Olarewaju
30-11-2025
Lagos.
