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Atiku’s Trump Telegram: When A Weak Candidate Campaigns To Washington Instead Of Nigerians

Atiku Abubakar’s latest anti-Tinubu manoeuvre is political comedy with diplomatic envelope.

Instead of campaigning to Nigerians, rebuilding structure, selling a clear programme, or testing his popularity at home, Atiku now appears to believe that Washington can do what Nigerian voters have repeatedly refused to do for him: make him president.

Reports say a U.S.-based lobbying firm linked to Atiku’s ADC campaign intensified efforts to circulate Tinubu’s old U.S. records to officials in the Trump administration and Congress. Almost immediately, the Presidency released Trump’s July 6 letter praising Tinubu’s “decisive leadership” and pledging continued U.S.-Nigeria security cooperation. Reuters also reported that Trump commended Tinubu’s actions against violence and signalled warmer Abuja-Washington ties.

So what exactly is Atiku’s 2027 strategy? Not mass mobilisation. Not governor recruitment. Not ADC structure. Not even Adamawa dominance. His own home-state machinery has largely shifted toward APC, while the powerful PDP structure he carried in 2023 has scattered.

The recent electoral tests are even more embarrassing. In the 2026 FCT area council polls, APC won five of six councils, while ADC only appeared as distant runner-up in AMAC and Bwari. In Ekiti, APC’s Oyebanji won with 319,224 votes, PDP had 40,543, and ADC managed 12,872. In Ondo South’s senatorial by-election, APC won with 68,474 votes while ADC was not even among the listed leading contenders.

And Atiku wants Trump to rescue this?

That is not campaign strategy. That is Embassy-Gate Opposition — a man who cannot convince governors trying to convince foreigners.

The funniest part is Atiku thinking an American president does not already have access to U.S. records. The U.S. Senate once reported that Jennifer Douglas, Atiku’s now divorced fourth wife, helped move over $40 million in suspect funds into the United States. Obasanjo also repeatedly accused Atiku of corruption before later endorsing him after claiming he had forgiven him.

So before Atiku carries files to Washington, he should remember: America has files too.

If Atiku wants to be president of Nigeria, let him campaign to Nigerians, build party structure, win governors, win by-elections, and present a serious alternative.

Trump will not disqualify Tinubu and install Atiku from the Oval Office.

Nigeria is not a U.S. embassy appointment.

But APC lobbied Obama during Jonathan Era?

Beautifulday:
But APC lobbied Obama during Jonathan Era?

You dey mind the snake oil merchants? From Bayo Onanuga to Shehu Sani to other lackeys online. If they weren't jittery, they wouldn't even bother about it. Atiku's Washington pressure is getting to them.

CharlesCNG:
Atiku’s Trump Telegram: When A Weak Candidate Campaigns To Washington Instead Of Nigerians

Atiku Abubakar’s latest anti-Tinubu manoeuvre is political comedy with diplomatic envelope.

Instead of campaigning to Nigerians, rebuilding structure, selling a clear programme, or testing his popularity at home, Atiku now appears to believe that Washington can do what Nigerian voters have repeatedly refused to do for him: make him president.

Reports say a U.S.-based lobbying firm linked to Atiku’s ADC campaign intensified efforts to circulate Tinubu’s old U.S. records to officials in the Trump administration and Congress. Almost immediately, the Presidency released Trump’s July 6 letter praising Tinubu’s “decisive leadership” and pledging continued U.S.-Nigeria security cooperation. Reuters also reported that Trump commended Tinubu’s actions against violence and signalled warmer Abuja-Washington ties.

So what exactly is Atiku’s 2027 strategy? Not mass mobilisation. Not governor recruitment. Not ADC structure. Not even Adamawa dominance. His own home-state machinery has largely shifted toward APC, while the powerful PDP structure he carried in 2023 has scattered.

The recent electoral tests are even more embarrassing. In the 2026 FCT area council polls, APC won five of six councils, while ADC only appeared as distant runner-up in AMAC and Bwari. In Ekiti, APC’s Oyebanji won with 319,224 votes, PDP had 40,543, and ADC managed 12,872. In Ondo South’s senatorial by-election, APC won with 68,474 votes while ADC was not even among the listed leading contenders.

And Atiku wants Trump to rescue this?

That is not campaign strategy. That is Embassy-Gate Opposition — a man who cannot convince governors trying to convince foreigners.

The funniest part is Atiku thinking an American president does not already have access to U.S. records. The U.S. Senate once reported that Jennifer Douglas, Atiku’s now divorced fourth wife, helped move over $40 million in suspect funds into the United States. Obasanjo also repeatedly accused Atiku of corruption before later endorsing him after claiming he had forgiven him.

So before Atiku carries files to Washington, he should remember: America has files too.

If Atiku wants to be president of Nigeria, let him campaign to Nigerians, build party structure, win governors, win by-elections, and present a serious alternative.

Trump will not disqualify Tinubu and install Atiku from the Oval Office.

Nigeria is not a U.S. embassy appointment.

Cry harder..

When Tinubu and Buhari were running to the US in 2014 to meet with Hussein Obama and the phoney Democrats in order to sabotage GEJ, you lots were jumping up and down and hailed it as strategic.

That template is now what is being used against your lord Tilumbu.

Atiku and the opposition should press APC's neck very well.

Trump dislikes Hussein Obummer, Sleepy Joe Biden and the phoney Democrats. Atiku and other opposition should milk Tinubu's association with Trump's 'enemies' to their advantage. It is fair.

Your APC would do the same and call it 'strategic politics'.

Why are you now lamenting, now that you are feeling the heat from the weapon you invented?

Trump hates drup lords like hellfire. Those who want to argue should ask Noriega, Maduro, El chapo, etc.

AMINDA:
You dey mind the snake oil merchants? From Bayo Onanuga to Shehu Sani to other lackeys online. If they weren't jittery, they wouldn't even bother about it. Atiku's Washington pressure is getting to them.

Abeg wetin be snake oil?

Dalohad:
Cry harder..

When Tinubu and Buhari were running to the US in 2014 to meet with Hussein Obama and the phoney Democrats in order to sabotage GEJ, you lots were jumping up and down and hailed it as strategic.

That template is now what is being used against your lord Tilumbu.

Atiku and the opposition should press APC's neck very well.

Trump dislikes Hussein Obummer, Sleepy Joe Biden and the phoney Democrats. Atiku and other opposition should milk Tinubu's association with Trump's 'enemies' to their advantage. It is fair.

Your APC would do the same and call it 'strategic politics'.

Why are you now lamenting, now that you are feeling the heat from the weapon you invented?

Cry harder? My brother, nobody’s neck is being pressed here except Atiku’s tired political neck.

This is the funny thing about Obidient-Atiku opposition: they think sending files to Washington is the same thing as building a winning coalition in Nigeria.

APC did not win in 2015 because Buhari and Tinubu “ran to Obama.” APC won because opposition parties merged, governors moved, structures aligned, the National Assembly shifted, grassroots campaigns intensified, and Nigerians were given a clear anti-incumbent alternative.

APC had governors.
APC had senators.
APC had House members.
APC had state structures.
APC had polling-unit machinery.
APC had a national coalition.

That is politics.

What does Atiku have now?

A troubled ADC platform with no serious governor harvest, weak by-election performance, scattered PDP machinery, reduced Adamawa grip, and a campaign strategy that now looks like: “Dear Trump, please help me remove Tinubu.”

That is not strategy. That is embassy begging with opposition letterhead.

And please, stop flattering yourselves with “press APC’s neck.” What exactly is pressing APC? A letter? A lobbyist? Old U.S. records America already has? Trump does not need Atiku to explain America’s own files to America.

If Atiku wants power, let him face Nigerian voters. Let him build structure. Let him win councils, states, governors, senators, blocs and trust.

APC 2015 was not childish “press neck” politics. It was merger, machinery and mass mobilisation.

Atiku 2027 is looking like Washington-Waiting-Room Opposition — a candidate who cannot convince Nigerians but is hoping America will mark his homework.

Validated:
Trump hates drup lords like hellfire. Those who want to argue should ask Noriega, Maduro, El chapo, etc.

Unlike you, Trump knows the true meaning of **drug lord**.

He knows a drug lord is not someone Obidients hate politically and therefore decorate with cartel vocabulary. A drug lord is someone who runs, controls, finances or commands a drug trafficking organisation — with evidence, networks, operations, prosecution and conviction.

Obidients have turned “drug lord” into a lazy insult for Tinubu because they cannot defeat him politically. At this point, if Tinubu drinks Panadol, they will call him pharmaceutical kingpin.

You people shout Noriega, Maduro and El Chapo as if name-dropping foreign criminals will magically convert political propaganda into legal proof.

If America wanted to treat Tinubu as a drug lord, America has agencies, courts, records, intelligence systems and diplomatic channels. They do not need Obidient WhatsApp lawyers to teach them their own file.

The funniest part is that the same Trump you are invoking has now written Tinubu in the language of cooperation, not criminal indictment.

So maybe Trump knows something Obidients refuse to accept: hatred is not evidence, repetition is not conviction, and campaign insult is not international law.

Call him names from now till 2027.

He remains President.

And your “drug lord” slogan remains what it has always been: political frustration wearing cartel costume.

Beautifulday:
But APC lobbied Obama during Jonathan Era?

APC hired consultants to support a structure; Atiku is looking for consultants because he lacks one.

Yes, APC hired U.S.-based campaign consultants in 2014. That is not a secret. But hiring campaign strategists is not the same thing as running to Obama to make Buhari president.

APC did not win in 2015 because Obama carried ballot boxes. APC won because Nigerian opposition parties merged, governors moved, PDP cracked, structures aligned, grassroots mobilisation intensified, and voters were ready to remove Jonathan.

That is politics.
APC 2015 used foreign consultants to sharpen a Nigerian campaign.

APC hired consultants to support a structure; Atiku is looking for consultants because he lacks one.

Atiku is a desperate dummy

CharlesCNG:
APC hired consultants to support a structure; Atiku is looking for consultants because he lacks one.

Yes, APC hired U.S.-based campaign consultants in 2014. That is not a secret. But hiring campaign strategists is not the same thing as running to Obama to make Buhari president.

APC did not win in 2015 because Obama carried ballot boxes. APC won because Nigerian opposition parties merged, governors moved, PDP cracked, structures aligned, grassroots mobilisation intensified, and voters were ready to remove Jonathan.

That is politics.
APC 2015 used foreign consultants to sharpen a Nigerian campaign.

APC hired consultants to support a structure; Atiku is looking for consultants because he lacks one.

So Atiku must follow the route APC followed?

Waziri Adamawa ..is PRESSING their Necks..

Eyaa,, the perennial loser who cannot convince Nigerians to back his ill- fated bid , is hoping for a rescue from Trump.