Festus Keyamo, spokesman of
President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, has asked Atiku Abubakar,
presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to quit peddling
allegations against Buhari if he has no evidence.
Keyamo said this in reaction to
the demand by Atiku that Buhari’s family be probed over their alleged ownership
of substantial shares in Etisalat Nigeria and Keystone Bank.
The senior advocate of Nigeria
(SAN), in a statement on Sunday, accused the PDP of spreading fake new, while
its candidate “has refused to issue a personal statement up till this minute
clarifying in details his record of crass corruption and abuse of office”.
Keyamo said Abubakar is himself,
not free from corruption charges, saying he has “sealed indictments” with the
US justice department.
According to him, Abubakar would
be brought to face charges if he visits the US.
He also alleged that the
immediate reason Abubakar is contesting for the presidency is to plunge the
nation’s wealth.
He asked the PDP to provide
evidence against Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo or “forever keep
quiet”
“How do we as a Nation end up
with anyone with this sordid record locally and internationally? We have heard
the lame defence that the U.S Justice Department said it has no pending case
against Atiku Abubakar,” the statement read.
“ That is only a defence for the
ignorant ones. In the United States, there are indictments the Justice
Department can confirm to the world. But there is another category of
indictments known as SEALED INDICTMENTS that the Justice Department cannot
confirm to anyone.
“These indictments are sealed
under the orders of a Judge. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has a sealed indictment
waiting for him in the U.S. The day he visits the US, not as a candidate in an
election, he will face charges.
“There is no question that the
reasons for Atiku’s frequent contests for the Presidency are to steal the
resources of Nigeria for self-enrichment and to prevent prosecution for his
crimes of laundering and receiving bribes.
“No amount of fake news or
ridiculous false allegations against the President or Vice President that can
wash away the well-documented history of theft.”
Read the statement below
A few days ago, the Presidential
Candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, called out President Muhammadu
Buhari over certain allegations of “corrupt practices” which the President
allegedly condones in his government. Whilst we have repeatedly addressed each
and every of the instances cited by him to show the transparent nature of the
government, it is shocking that the Presidential candidate of the main
opposition has refused to issue a personal statement up till this minute
clarifying in details his record of crass corruption and abuse of office. He is
clearly taking Nigerians for a ride and hopes to distort the ethical revolution
in public office that Nigerians clearly desire to his own philosophy of abusing
public office to promote private interests. By his subliminal messages, he
wants Nigerians to accept that becoming wealthy by abusing public office is not
a bad thing after all.
With the avalanche of fake and
unsubstantiated news released in the last few days, it is now clear that PDP’s
strategy in the run up to the elections is to spread fake news and make wild
allegations without any proof against the President and the Vice President. This
is clearly to divert attention from the record of crass corruption and abuse of
office of their own candidate. Nigerians cannot and should not be insulted by
the PDP after 16 years of looting of the nation, by now putting forward a man
whose record of corruption they very much acknowledge, but would rather we all
overlook it.
Some of the indisputable facts
regarding Alhaji Atiku Abubakar are as follows:
1. The U.S Congress in a report
titled, KEEPING FOREIGN CORRUPTION OUT OF THE UNITED STATES: FOUR CASE
HISTORIES, featured Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as one of the four notorious cases of
money laundering in the world!
2. The Congress report said
“Jennifer Douglas Abubakar, a U.S. citizen, is the fourth wife of Atiku
Abubakar, the former Vice President of Nigeria and a former candidate for the
Presidency of Nigeria…… from 2000 to 2008, Ms. Douglas helped her husband bring
over $40 million in suspect funds into the United States, including at least
$1.7 million in bribe payments from Siemens AG, a German corporation, and over
$38 million from little known offshore corporations, primarily LetsGo Ltd.
Inc., Guernsey Trust Company Nigeria Ltd., and Sima Holding Ltd”.
3. Atiku’s co-conspirators,
Williams Jefferson and Siemens in the bribery deal were convicted and Jefferson
went to jail. By running for President of Nigeria, Atiku intends to get some
immunity from prosecution. Already he is hoping to obtain a visa to visit the
US, as a guest of the State department, a concession that the US will grant to
a Presidential candidate of Africa’s biggest Nation.
4. Both the BBC and Voice of
America reported that “In a probe ordered by Mr. Obasanjo, (then Nigerian
President) the vice-president was accused of diverting $125m from a public
development trust fund into his personal businesses.”
5. A Senate subcommittee
investigating the PTDF indicted Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, having found that he
abused his office by aiding and abetting the diversion of public funds in the
sum of $145 million” as loans to his friends. This report was a subject of a
full-blown investigation by the EFCC which actually recommended his prosecution
in a court of law. That report is still pending and alive till today.
How do we as a Nation end up with
anyone with this sordid record locally and internationally? We have heard the
lame defence that the U.S Justice Department said it has no pending case
against Atiku Abubakar. That is only a defence for the ignorant ones. In the
United States, there are indictments the Justice Department can confirm to the
world. But there is another category of indictments known as SEALED INDICTMENTS
that the Justice Department cannot confirm to anyone. These indictments are
sealed under the orders of a Judge. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has a sealed
indictment waiting for him in the U.S. The day he visits the U.S, not as a
candidate in an election, he will face charges.
There is no question that the
reasons for Atiku’s frequent contests for the Presidency are to steal the
resources of Nigeria for self-enrichment and to prevent prosecution for his
crimes of laundering and receiving bribes. No amount of fake news or ridiculous
false allegations against the President or Vice President that can wash away
the well-documented history of theft.
We also challenge the PDP to
publish a single line in the sub-committee recommendation of the House of Reps
on the NEMA Emergency purchases where the report accused the Vice President of
embezzlement of funds. They either do this within 24 hours or keep quiet
forever. It is even noteworthy that the House of Representatives has not
adopted any such recommendation to make it a report of the House.
We also challenge them to show
any proof whatsoever of their allegations regarding the TraderMoni.
After three days of publicly
announcing that they have hard proof that the President’s relations bought
shares in Etisalat and Keystone Bank, the PDP has not produced a single piece
of paper, a document of any sort to buttress the grave allegations it made.
This is how shameless and callous the Atiku team has become, all in a desperate
bid to get their hands on the public purse.
Lastly, we challenge Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar for the umpteen time to produce his tax receipts for 2015, 2016 and
2017. It is shocking that a man who has not been paying his Personal Income
Taxes now says he wants to “get Nigerians working again” – whatever that means.
He is only deceiving himself and not the intelligent Nigerians that we know.
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