Former Deputy National Publicity
Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has said Governor
Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State lied by saying that former Vice President Atiku
Abubakar did not make tangible contribution to the 2015 presidential campaign
of the ruling party.
El-rufai, who spoke on a Voice of
America (VOA) Hausa Service Programme, “Democracy Today”, had challenged Atiku
to mention those who collected his financial contribution to the presidential
campaign from him.
However, Frank, in a statement
issued in Abuja on Thursday, described the governor’s statement as “a height of
ingratitude of a jilted lover.”
He implored the Kaduna State
governor to refresh his memory by either watching the campaign video or meeting
the then Director General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Rotimi
Ameachi, for the record of what transpired before, during and after the
campaign in 2015.
He said, “Amaechi has record of
those who contributed to the campaign. So, if El-rufai does not know, he should
contact the Minister of Transportation. Moreover, it is on record that the
former Vice President had responsibility for seven states during the campaign.
“Again, it is also on record that
Atiku’s media asset was transferred to the campaign. If El-rufai has forgotten
so soon, the Director of Media, APC Presidential Campaign Council, Malam Garba
Shehu, who is now the spokesman to the President, was handed over to the party
campaign team from Atiku Media office, the deputy director of Atiku media team
Mr Paul Ibe was also part of APC media team during the 2015 campaign and other
key members of Atiku’s group. I don’t know how El-rufai will quantify the cost?
“Moreover, President Muhammadu
Buhari, as a President-elect himself acknowledged the role these people played
as a group when he met with them at the Defence House in Abuja.”
He advised the governor of Kaduna
to stop what he called “his political sycophantic act toward President Buhari”
and urged the President to study El-rufai’s antecedents in politics.
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