Nigeria, Oct. 15 -- Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu over the expanded All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, accusing him of assembling politicians to shield his administration from criticism over economic hardship and insecurity.

He also condemned the decision to inaugurate the council at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, describing the use of the facility for a partisan event as an abuse of public office.

In a statement issued on Wednesday by Phrank Shaibu, director of strategic communication of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential Campaign Council, Atiku described the revised APC list as "a crowded confession of Tinubu's fear".

"Only a man afraid of his r...