Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of deliberately refusing to implement a binding Supreme Court judgment on direct federal allocations to local governments, alleging that the decision is being used as a political tool to consolidate power.
In a strongly worded statement signed by him, Atiku said that by July next year, the Tinubu administration would have spent two full years “deliberately ignoring” the Supreme Court ruling that ordered the Federal Government to implement direct disbursement of Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) funds to local governments.
“This is not delay. It is defiance,” Atiku declared, accusing the President of turning obedience to the law into a bargaining chip aimed at coercing opposition governors into the All Progressives Congress (APC) and tightening control over governors within the ruling party.
According to Atiku, the continued failure to enforce the judgment amounts to a direct breach of the Constitution and a violation of the oath of office sworn by the President.
“Supreme Court judgments are final, not optional. Persistently refusing to enforce one is a direct breach of the Constitution,” he said.
