Former Kaduna Central Senator Shehu Sani has launched a scathing on African Democratic Congress presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, describing his promise to restore fuel subsidy as a calculated deception designed solely to win the 2027 presidential election. Speaking to journalists in Abuja, Sani characterized the pledge as a political Trojan horse that Nigerians should not take at face value.
The former lawmaker pointed to Atiku’s long political history of supporting neoliberal economic policies prescribed by international financial institutions like the World Bank and IMF. According to Sani, the ADC candidate has consistently advocated for subsidy removal, currency devaluation, and privatization of public enterprises throughout his career, making his sudden reversal suiously convenient for electoral purposes.
Sani emphasized the practical impossibility of reinstating subsis, noting that Nigeria previously spent trillions of naira on petroleum subsis, a system riddled with corruption. He recalled how beneficiaries exploited the subsidy regime to defraud the national treasury, with hundreds of billions of naira diverted through fraudulent import claims, many of which remain subject to ongoing court cases.
While acknowledging the severe hardship caused by subsidy removal under the current administration, Sani maintained that Nigerians must scrutinize campaign promises carefully as the 2027 election approaches, particularly those that contradict a candidate’s elished ideological positions.
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