2027: Ask Atiku Where he Got Money to Build University – Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to query former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in regards to the supply of funds used to determine his personal college whereas he served in authorities and oversaw the economic system.  

Tinubu made the remarks on Saturday, 7 November 2026, throughout an All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential marketing campaign rally in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. He was responding to opposition criticism of financial hardship and starvation below his administration.

 “Those people talking about hunger, I’m cleaning up the mess they created. Atiku was one of them,” the President mentioned. “Ask him how he built a university while in office as Vice President, in charge of our economy. Who built the university for him? It’s your money. It’s your effort.”

He additional described Atiku as “a man without moral integrity, latitude and ethics for the office.”

Although Tinubu didn’t identify the establishment, the feedback referred to the American University of Nigeria (AUN) in Yola, Adamawa State, which Atiku based. Atiku served as vp from 1999 to 2007 below former President Olusegun Obasanjo and is the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate for the 2027 election.

 Tinubu framed his administration’s financial reforms as efforts to repair issues inherited from earlier governments, of which he mentioned Atiku was a key half.

 In a swift response, Atiku rejected the allegation. Through his Director of Strategic Communication, Phrank Shaibu, he acknowledged that his funding in schooling started lengthy earlier than he entered public workplace. He mentioned he laid the muse for ABTI Academy in 1993, which later developed into the American University of Nigeria.

 “The answer is simple: my investment in education predates my time in public service,” Atiku mentioned. He added that his historical past is traceable and that he can present Nigerians how he constructed his enterprise success earlier than becoming a member of authorities. He accused Tinubu of making an attempt to distract from the present cost-of-living disaster.

 University data point out ABTI Academy (now AUN Academy) was established round 2002, with the college licensed in 2003 and building starting in 2004 throughout Atiku’s time as vp.

 The trade types a part of the intensifying political rhetoric forward of the 2027 common elections.

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