The Director-General of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, Rotimi Amaechi, has been heard in another audio recording saying that poverty had increased under the watch of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The new recording was released by a spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar campaign, Phrank Shaibu.
An audio tape had earlier been released by Reno Omokri, a vocal critic of Mr Buhari and former aide of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan.
Mr Abubakar is the main challenger of Buhari for the presidency.
The yet-to-be verified recording contains a portrayal of Buhari as a dismal failure who has been unable to meet the expectations of various segments of the society, ending with a dismissal of Nigeria as a never-going-to-change hopeless nation.
“These are not things you publish ooo. If you publish them, you will never sit with me any day.
“Three years of Buhari oo, everybody is crying, crying…pressmen are crying, farmers are crying, workers are crying, politicians are crying, students are crying, three years oo!
“The rate of poverty is very high. The people are hungry. Nigeria will never change!,” Amaechi was allegedly heard saying.
Spokesperson for Amaechi, David Iyofor, when contacted, said the minister’s team was still reviewing the recording and needed more time to do so before commenting on the matter.
Meanwhile, Mr Shaibu said the leaked tape had shown that even the president’s appointees lacked confidence in his ability to transform the country.
He said: “The President should just quit honourably instead of wasting taxpayers monies on a failed reelection bid.
“The truth is that the other day, the President confessed that the economy had collapsed under his watch.”
