Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government as the most disappointing he has witnessed in almost four decades of political involvement.

He made the remarks on Tuesday in Abuja during the public presentation of The Loyalist, a book authored by Bolaji Abdullahi, National Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

Abubakar commended the ADC for serving as a platform that brings together diverse political perspectives across Nigeria.

“We have a unique opportunity within the ADC as a political party. It is a convergence of various political leanings across the country, united in an effort to reunite Nigeria and renew our democratic journey,” he said.

Reflecting on the current government, he added, “If there is anything positive in our recent political development, it is this coming together to rescue the country from what I consider the worst administration I have witnessed in nearly four decades. Not even the military regimes before 1999 inflicted the kind of damage to our national life and consciousness that this administration has.”

Abubakar also pointed out that many attendees had been involved in the formation of the APC but had grown disillusioned with its governance.

“Many of us here were part of the formation of the APC; unfortunately, what we believed would rescue the country has not happened,” he said.

He urged Nigerians to once again take responsibility by building a credible political alternative.

“Just as we once took responsibility to come together and form a political alternative, we must again unite to ensure the emergence of a new political organization capable of salvaging this country for the benefit of its people.”