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ATIKU HIGHLY HYPOCRITICAL, FEELS COOL WHEN ZONING FAVOURS HIM – RUFAI OSENI

May 13, 2026 • Dons Eze • 1 min read

Arise News anchor, Rufai Oseni, has blasted former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as being hypocritical.

Speaking on Arise Television, Rufai said the former Vice-President feels cool when zoning favours him but becomes different when it is opposite.

He was analysing zoning as the country prepares for the next year’s general elections.

“Atiku Abubakar should stop being hypocritical. When zoning favours him, he has no problem with it, but when it doesn’t favour him, he suddenly declares self-defeating.

“Is it not the same Atiku that went to court against Jonathan in 2011 to ensure the PDP zoning formula?

“There were many court cases. I think in one of the rulings, the courts said they can’t assume jurisdiction and give a decision, but they acknowledge the fact that PDP had the zoning arrangements.

“So, when he was going to court, when he was pushing them against Jonathan, zoning was not self defeating, right? How about when he left Olusegun Obasanjo in 2007,” he asked.

Dons Eze

DONS EZE, PhD, Political Philosopher and Journalist of over four decades standing, worked in several newspaper houses across the country, and rose to the positions of Editor and General Manager. A UNESCO Fellow in Journalism, Dr. Dons Eze, a prolific writer and author of many books, attended several courses on Journalism and Communication in both Nigeria and overseas, including a Postgraduate Course on Journalism at Warsaw, Poland; Strategic Communication and Practical Communication Approach at RIPA International, London, the United Kingdom, among others.