Atiku Abubakar, presidential
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says with or without a trip to
the US, he will dislodge President Muhammadu Buhari, his main rival, in next
month’s election.
Atiku said this in a statement
issued which Phrank Shaibu, his special assistant on public communication,
issued on his behalf on Thursday.
He asked the federal government
to bury its head in shame having failed to stop him from travelling to the US.
He said it was shameful that the
governing APC took it upon itself to call on the authorities of another country
not to grant a private citizen entry visa, which ordinarily should not be its
business.
But Atiku who arrived in the US
on Thursday said the APC was jittery knowing that its government has failed.
He said Buhari’s days as
president were numbered, “which explains why members of the ruling party have
been running from pillar to post”.
The former vice-president
described as cock and bull story, the allegation that he has a case to answer
over the collapse of Platinum Habib Bank, Bank PHB.
He challenged the federal
government to either prove his alleged corrupt activities, or forever remain
quiet.
“It is disgusting to continue to
spin allegations of corruption against me by people who have failed to come
forward with a single shred of evidence of my misconduct while in office,” he
said.
“Isn’t it a shame that the ruling
party whose National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole only yesterday gave official
confirmation to the general belief that , even if Lawrence Anini becomes an APC
member today, Buhari will forgive and consecrate him can turn around to accuse
me of corruption today?
“They just suddenly woke up to
the reality that, their lies about Atiku being corrupt can no longer hold? I
challenge the federal government to come up with evidence that I benefitted
from N156 million slush funds through Claremont Management Services Account on
13th January, 2009 as well as the collapse of Bank PHB as they have alleged.
“It is instructive to note that,
the same BankPHB is now Keystone bank Which was said to have been acquired
Buhari’s cronies through AMCON last year.”
He said Nigerians had already
made up their minds to send Buhari
packing on February 16, 2019 and there is nothing the ruling party can do about
it.
“Tell them that their days of
deceit are numbered. Nigerians are tired of them and they can no longer lie or
take the people for a ride anymore,” the statement said.
Atiku said it was a mark of the
idleness of the folks in charge of the APC that they resorted to lobby the US
to deny him visa, when they should be busy strategising on how to save their
party from an imminent defeat.
“There is no need to worry, as we
shall unveil on Sunday, January 20, 2019 “Buhari’s Hall Of Shame”. It’s a
scorecard of failure, incompetence, nepotism and a President’s proclivity to
harbouring indicted and other famed thieves of our patrimony. Date and venue
shall be made public in due course.
”Never in the history of Nigeria
have the people being subjected to the kind of unemployment level that the
country is now witnessing under the All Progressives Congress (APC). It is
indeed a double tragedy that a government that cannot even provide for the
people is also unable to ensure their security. Having failed woefully, it is
time for the Buhari led administration and APC governments at all levels to be
kicked out through the forthcoming general elections.”
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