The All Progressives Congress
(APC) says the source of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar is questionable.
Yekini Nabena, acting spokesman
of the APC, said this in a statement while reacting to the emergence of
Abubakar as the presidential flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Nabena said Abubakar’s score card
is “abysmally low and he has proven to be an untrustworthy and unreliable
character”.
The APC spokesman wondered how
the former vice-president has been able to fund his presidential bids.
“The pertinent question to ask
about Atiku is what his scorecard in public office was? Regrettably, Atiku’s
scorecard is abysmally low and he has proven to be an untrustworthy and
unreliable character,” the statement read.
“A case in point is Atiku’s
revealing altercation with his former boss President Olusegun Obasanjo which
exposed the level of corruption Atiku was enmeshed in. In the international
level, Atiku has been reportedly place on the global watch list of the United
States of America and has avoided travelling to the US to avoid arrest and
prosecution over a money-laundering and corruption case in that country.
“Really, is this the character
and antecedent of a candidate Nigerians will be proud to vote for as our
President, come 2019? Compared and contrasted with President Muhammadu Buhari
consistent and principled stance on party affiliations, since 1999, Atiku has
moved around different political parties – PDP, ACN, PDP, APC and now PDP, all
in his blind and desperate pursuit of his ambition – the presidency of Nigeria.
It is therefore very clear that if Atiku loses the presidential election in
2019, he will again defect from the PDP to another political platform.
“Atiku is known as a super rich
Nigerian who entrenched the undemocratic practice of buying votes of delegates.
During the APC National Convention in 2014, he spent several millions of
dollars to buy delegates votes and emerged third, after Buhari and Rabiu
Kwankwaso.
“On Sunday, he reportedly bought
over virtually all the PDP delegates and was declared winner of the PDP
presidential primaries. With these huge expenses expended to secure the PDP
ticket, how will Atiku recoup his ‘investment’ if not from the public treasury
should he win the presidency?”
“In any case how did a retired
customs officer acquire so much wealth to fund his several presidential bids?
The source of his wealth is very questionable and his financial resources are
definitely ill gotten.”
He said Buhari did not to spend
money on delegates as he banks on “his proven personal integrity.”
“Nigerians have had enough of
corrupt, cash and carry politicians. That was why in 2015 they came out en
masse and elected a clean and transparent man in Muhammadu Buhari to clean the
Augean stable,” he said.
“The candidature of Atiku
Abubakar will bring back the undesired lots and their practices which Nigerians
have long rejected and forgotten.
“The Nigerian electorate deserves
to be given a choice of decency, integrity and honour and not dirt, corruption,
and infamy. The choice between Buhari and Atiku is one between light and
darkness; between positive change and business as usual; between transparency
and under the table dealings.”
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APC currently has all the intelligence apparatus of the nation to very the source(s) of Atiku's wealth. They should stop making ambigous claims. Who e epp?
ReplyDeleteYou question the source of Atiku's fund because he has always vie for the president of Nigeria. Buhari contested election four times and his source of fund for those times was not questionable. Atiku have known businesses spread over the country, the only business Buhari have is the rearing of 50 cow. How much will that fetch him to always pursue the president of Nigeria 4 times. This campaign will take Buhari back to Daura
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