Atiku Abubakar, presidential
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the United States is in
support of his presidential bid.
Atiku, who visited the country
for the first time in 13 years, said this in an interview with VOA.
The interviewer had asked: “Are
you convinced that the United States government is in support of your
candidacy?” and he responded: “yes.”
Asked to explain further, Atiku
said: “There is no doubt because the United States is ready to support any
country that is practicing democracy.”
He dismissed the reports that the
US refused to grant him visa for over 10 years because he was linked to a
corruption case.
“The whole thing is about
misinformation… for a very long time they, have been lying to them (Nigerians);
I tried to explain to them but they refused to listen. And I hope now people
are going to understand.”
He said he visited the US because
they decided to issue him a visa, adding that he would not have made it if they
had declined his visa request.
“And now they have issued it to
me and I am here. I’m having some positive discussions with some of the
officials,” he said.
“I was in the Congress and I had
discussions with some high ranking Congress men and Women about Nigeria and how
Nigeria intends to improve her relationship with the United States of America.”
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