The Presidency has accused former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of insulting the legacy of June 12 and “flirting dangerously with democratic sabotage” after he declared that Nigeria fared better under past military dictatorships than under the current administration. SPONSOR ADReacting, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, accused Atiku of hypocrisy and a dangerous distortion of history. “For Atiku to sit comfortably in Abuja, shielded by democratic rights, while romanticising the ‘efficiency’ of military rule is not dissent; it is cognitive dissonance bordering on historical vandalism,” the statement said. The Presidency also questioned whether the Waziri of Adamawa genuinely believed his own rhetoric or was simply struggling with diminishing relevance. It insults the legacy of June 12 and flirts dangerously with democratic sabotage,” Dare said.