The former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed reports that he’s on the watch list
of the United States, US.
Atiku described the report as a recycled and regurgitated
lie aimed at diverting attention from the US recent Visa ban threat.
The former Vice President insisted that he has never been
charged to court by the US Justice Department.
Speaking through his spokesman, Paul Ibe, the former VP said the report which resurfaced barely 24 hours after the just concluded governorship election in Edo State was a cause for concern.
A statement signed by Ibe said the former Vice President and
his family keep a clean business portfolio.
Ibe also recalled how the former presidential candidate had
travelled to the US, prior to the last presidential election in Nigeria.
According to Ibe, the former presidential candidate steers
clear of government resources in the course of his businesses.
The statement reads: “Atiku Abubakar is not under any US
watch list, neither has he been charged, or will ever be charged by the United
States Justice Department or any other in a foreign jurisdiction.
“These ‘new’ reports
are a desperate gambit to recast these discredited accusations. They are meant
to divert the attention of Nigerians from the recent statement by the Secretary
of State of the United States, Mr Mike Pompeo, announcing visa and travel bans
for certain unnamed but notorious individuals.
“Moreover, the timing of this report, less than 24 hours
after the Edo state gubernatorial elections, should give some thought to
thinking people.”
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