The senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has criticised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for joining the African Democratic Congress (ADC), saying Atiku lacks the capacity to fix Nigeria. Speaking on Channels Televisions Politics Today on Monday, the former Edo State governor mocked Atikus political record, arguing that his long-standing struggle to stabilise the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) undermines his claim that he can turn the country around. Oshiomhole, a former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said Atiku had failed to show leadership within the PDP despite his influence in the party. If Atiku, as a former vice-president under PDP, could not fix PDP, he could not reconstruct it, and he could not provide leadership and use his influence, which he had built, how can you lay claim to fix Nigeria? he asked. He also recalled Atikus exit from the APC, saying the former vice president left only because he failed to secure the partys presidential ticket. He was once a member of the APC. He left because he lost the partys presidential ticket, Oshiomhole said. He went back to the PDP. Hes so much in love with the PDP, at least for the purpose of contesting election. He could not build PDP. So, if Atiku can't build the PDP that made him vice-president, he can't fix Nigeria. Atiku joined the ADC four months after resigning from the PDP, citing internal disputes within the opposition party. During the programme, Oshiomhole also criticised former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi, accusing him of poor judgment during his tenure. He recalled Amaechis role in the shutdown of the Rivers State judiciary and faulted his handling of the railway system. Oshiomhole claimed Amaechi prioritised a rail project to Niger Republic over domestic routes. Look at the crisis in the railway system that he superintendent over for eight unbroken years. He was unable to get the priorities right, playing to the gallery. Now he rather constructed a rail, not to Kano, not to Port Harcourt, where he came from, but to Niger Republic. Which goods are we sending to Niger Republic? he said, adding that Amaechi enjoyed full autonomy under former President Muhammadu Buhari.
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