Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has described the recent “endorsement” by The Economist of London, of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, party, Muhammadu Buhari, in the coming election as scandalous and partisan.

In one of its recent reports , The Economist of London had predicted that President Muhammadu Buhari will win next year’s election.

However, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communication , Mr. Phrank Shaibu, Atiku described “as a poorly-executed hatchet job, the prediction by The Economist of London, in which the magazine put on the garb of a partisan and made no pretenses to professionalism while predicting that President Muhammadu Buhari will win next year’s poll.”

He said, on Monday, that “with the tacit endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term, in its current edition, the erstwhile influential news magazine has hit a new low by throwing all pretenses to the wind to take up the job of presidential spokespersons.”

“It is common knowledge that the Economist’s fortunes have taken a nosedive in recent months with its flip- flop on issues especially as it pertains the upcoming presidential election in Nigeria. But the magazine hit a new low in its current edition, ‘ The World in 2019,’ where it made projections of issues and events that will shape the year 2019 across many countries including Nigeria,” Shaibu said.

Shaibu said, “even if the All Progressives Congress (APC) or President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokespersons had written that story, it could not have been so recklessly partisan, so undisguisedly biased and so devoid of any shred of professionalism.”

According to him, “the so-called story which says, ‘the president, Muhammadu Buhari, will win re-election in February, as a new opposition coalition may collapse before the vote’ fails to meet the attributes of objectivity, balance and fairness.”

The Atiku spokesperson said “it was scandalous that the magazine went ahead to predict a victory for the APC candidate even when it said a Buhari’s second coming portends disaster for Nigeria.”

Shaibu said “it was sad that The Economist went on to endorse a failed president even when it admitted that ‘a Buhari’s second term would mean continuing political weakness, little prospect of progress in the fight against islamist insurgency in the north, nationalism in the oil producing Delta and secessionism in Biafra.”

He said “it was equally strange that the same magazine whose Intelligence Unit predicted that PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar, will lead the new government come 2019 has now made a u-turn to endorse President Buhari even when his performance in office is now at all time low.”

“But we hasten to say that with or without the endorsement of The Economist or any news medium for that matter, we will defeat Buhari fair and square,” he said.

Shaibu said “on May 29, 2019 when Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is sworn in as the President of Nigeria, The Economist will have to look elsewhere for patronage, since there will be no more room for cash and carry forecasts, and fully-paid for endorsements.”

He said that “the PDP Presidential Candidate was aware that when fake news materials are planted in big news outlets, they often help to lay the groundwork for rigging in elections.”

Atiku, however, warned that members of the opposition party and their supporters will resist the rigging of next year’s elections.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/12/atiku-knocks-the-economist-says-endorsement-of-buhari-scandalous/

All I see in their comment is serious Pains

Is this a lamentation?

But when Afenifebi and Igbo leaders Endorsed Atiku it was not a partisan Issue... But now that a foreign body Endorsed PMB it becomes a Partisan Endorsement....

when will Jubril remove his cap.

every time wearing cap, which kind life, even good luck Jonathan, OBJ,ATIKU,ABACHA,YARADUA, removed their caps at a point in time, why can't buhari do the same and make this Jubril story stop.

Eyah

Shebi Atiku said their endorsement vindicated him when he thought they have endorsed him sometimes ago


https://punchng.com/the-economists-endorsement-vindicates-me-says-atiku/

The Economist of London is the one news magazine that does not mean well for Nigeria's economy.

By the way, it's good to be home and live in Shiloh again.

Atiku...e never reach quarrel na.

Nigerians should send Butiku of APDPC on permanent retirement! Two sides of the same coin.

Perfideous economist.

Buhari the liar. I will lead the fight against boko haram from the front, after he won he has been hiding under aisha skirt ever since.

Some people come next year..

Scandalous indeed

which one should we believe, the economist or Radiobiafra?

JusT

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seanfer:
But when Afenifebi and Igbo leaders Endorsed Atiku it was not a partisan Issue... But now that a foreign body Endorsed PMB it becomes a Partisan Endorsement....

Everything other things don't pain me other dan those bastard afenifebi those elders are agbaya,olojukokoro,onijekuje,abatenije,omo ale yoruba

Scandalous as how?just because they didn't endorse him,so the unknown yorubas who called themselve leader that endorsed you was not scandalous,this man is not different from his supporters(Igbos),only thing that their fellow ipob criminal do is good in their eyes,anything others(from another tribe)do is wrong.

I just wish both of them will loose.
I'm tired of pdp and apc.
If apc wins then you see pdp crossing carpets and if pdp wins you see apc crossing carpets.
So what's the point voting same old criminals.

Before Buhari is Buhari, after Buhari is Buhari, beside Buhari is still Buhari 2019 sure for us..

The truth is atiku's camp is already jittery.

Buhari +Atiku =nonsense
Both of them have nothing to offer