{"id":236919,"date":"2025-10-30T08:09:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/a-govt-that-thinks-after-it-acts-atiku-criticises-tinubu-over-cancelled-pardon\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T08:09:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:09:06","slug":"a-govt-that-thinks-after-it-acts-atiku-criticises-tinubu-over-cancelled-pardon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/a-govt-that-thinks-after-it-acts-atiku-criticises-tinubu-over-cancelled-pardon\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cA govt that thinks after it acts\u201d \u2013 Atiku criticises Tinubu over cancelled pardon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">criticised<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> President Bola <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/tinubu\">Tinubu <\/a>over the cancellation of the controversial presidential pardon earlier granted to convicted drug traffickers, kidnappers, and other criminals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Atiku said the reversal was another example of a government that \u201cthinks after it acts,\u201d accusing <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/tinubu\">Tinubu <\/a>of lacking foresight and moral direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In a statement issued by his media aide, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku described the U-turn as \u201cnot an act of wisdom but an act of shame.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cPresident Bola <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/tinubu\">Tinubu <\/a>has \u2018<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">cancelled<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2019 his own pardon for drug traffickers, kidnappers, and other hardened criminals \u2014 but only after Nigerians shouted loud enough to wake him from his moral slumber,\u201d the statement read.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Atiku said the episode exposed how poorly decisions are made under Tinubu\u2019s administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIf the public had kept quiet, would convicted drug lords and kidnappers be walking free today under the President\u2019s blessing?\u201d he asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He demanded answers on who compiled the list of beneficiaries, what criteria were used to free such offenders, and why the Attorney-General endorsed what he called \u201ca national embarrassment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Atiku said the government\u2019s conduct had become predictable \u2014 making controversial decisions and reversing them only after public outrag<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">e.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThis pattern has become too familiar \u2014 announce the unthinkable, watch the country erupt, then hurriedly reverse course as if governance is a game of \u2018trial and error<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2019,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Atiku urged the presidency to publish the names and crimes of those who were set to benefit from the pardon, saying Nigerians deserve full transparency.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu over the cancellation of the controversial presidential pardon earlier granted to convicted drug traffickers, kidnappers, and other criminals. Atiku said the reversal was another example of a government that \u201cthinks after it acts,\u201d accusing Tinubu of lacking foresight and moral direction. 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