Gbenga Daniel, director-general
of Atiku Abubakar campaign organisation, says the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) presidential candidate has been asked to come for his US visa.
There have been reports that
Atiku has not been able to visit the US over an alleged criminal case against
him, a claim he has denied on several occasions.
He recently said his visa
application is “going through administrative process”.
Speaking during a Channels TV
programme on Wednesday, Daniel quoted the US state department as saying it has
“no issues” with the presidential candidate.
“If you look at the newspapers in
the last few days, we have a statement issued by the US state department that
they have no issues whatsoever with Atiku Abubakar,” he said.
“I can also confirm to you that
in the last few days, there have been signals from the American officials that
he should indeed come forward. They want him to come; that they will grant him
visa.”
Daniel added that the issue of
alleged corruption involving Atiku is without evidence, describing it as
“politically-motivated perception”.
“I remember when we were running
the campaign in the primaries and everybody kept confronting us on this
perception and we brought it out in the open that indeed it is no more than
perception, politically-motivated perception which unfortunately appears not to
have stopped,” he said.
“By and large, I think as we move
toward the real issues, people would just realise that this is just politically
motivated issues.
“I have repeatedly said that this
is not a Banana Republic. Nigeria as a people, we know our weaknesses, anything
that is negative about our leaders, we are ready to believe it.”
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