The federal government has accused
Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of
contributing to the collapse of former Bank PHB, vowing to grill him when he
returns from the US.
Speaking with state house
correspondents on Friday, Lai Mohammed, minister of information, said there is
evidence that Atiku benefitted from slush funds that led to the collapse of
Bank PHB.
Mohammed said the government has
in its possession paper trail which linked the presidential candidate to one
Claremont Management Services account through which N156 million was credited
to him in 2009, a development that culminated in the “grounding of the bank”.
“It started from an internal memo
dated 13 January 2009 asking that a draft in favour of Atiku Abubakar of N156
million should be raised,” he said.
“We want him to stay in the US
for as long as he wants but he has to explain to Nigerians when he returns,” he
said.
Taunting Atiku, Mohammed said
even if the PDP presidential candidate obtained a US green card, that would not
stop his loss in next month’s election.
“We are not perturbed one bit. He
can go ahead and get a US green card. That will not save him from imminent
defeat in the forthcoming election,” he said.
“Electionz will be held here in
Nigeria, not in the US.”
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You people are trying by all possible means to get him out your way. Is it today that you just decided to dig that up just because he had put to rest the issue of USA? OK, you people know that even with his American green card, that he will still be defeated, why not leave him alone? Why this vilifications?
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