The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign
council has asked law enforcement agencies to arrest and prosecute Atiku
Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for
alleged corruption.
The campaign council premised its request on an audio
recording released by Michael Achimugu, a former aide to Abubakar, last week.
In the audio, the former vice-president is alleged to have explained how shell organisations were set up to divert public funds.
Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Monday, Festus
Keyamo, spokesperson of the campaign council, said Abubakar has a case to
answer.
“Atiku does not enjoy immunity because he is a presidential
candidate. We are saying this because they may be reluctant to act on the
perception of the persecution of a presidential candidate it may invoke.
However, facts are sacred,” Keyamo said.
“In other serious clime where situations like this arose,
the law enforcement agencies acted decisively. You may recall in 2016, in the
middle of campaigns for the exalted office of president in the US, the case of
the private email of Hilary Clinton was referred to the justice department for
likely prosecution a few weeks to actual voting, though she was actually
cleared.
“That is what we want the authorities to do in the case of
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. He has to be arrested, invited. He is not God. He does
not enjoy immunity because he is a candidate.
“All monies should be recovered from the marine float
account. In the voice note, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar can be heard boasting that
the issue of that account was thoroughly investigated by the EFCC, yet he was
smart enough to escape.”
The spokesperson said when Abubakar had a disagreement with
former President Olusegun Obasanjo while they were in office, PDP asked the
former vice-president to return N500 million that he allegedly took from the
account.
“We also call for the protection of the whistleblower. When
President Muhammadu Buhari came to office, one significant policy he adopted
was that of whistleblowing,” he said.
“You are all aware that the policy has recorded tremendous
success with the recovery of millions of dollars from hidden sources.
Keyamo added that “no harm must befall” Achimugu and members
of his family.
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