The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, head of New Media,
Anthony Ehilebo has described Michael Achimugu, a whistleblower, who exposed
the corruption allegation against the PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku
Abubakar as a serial blackmailer.
Achimugu, who claims to be a former media aide to Atiku, has
been spilling all the dirt on his former principal.
He had alleged that Atiku Abubakar spent $120 million on the
day of the 2019 presidential election alone.
Recall that Achimugu had released an audio tape of his
alleged conversation with Atiku in which he admitted to advising former
President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on how public funds can be diverted through the
use of Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV).
In the viral audio, Atiku reportedly narrated how he took
charge of setting up onshore shell businesses which served as a conduit for
siphoning significant sums from public works contracts for himself and
Obasanjo.
This made Festus Keyamo, spokesperson of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, presidential campaign council, to some government
agencies over the corruption allegation.
Keyamo had issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the Code of Conduct
Bureau (CCB), the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences
Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to
arrest Atiku over offences of breach of the code of conduct for public
officers, money laundering, conspiracy, and criminal breach of trust and
misappropriation.
Speaking on the allegation, Ehilebo urged Nigerians to
ignore Achimugu as there is nothing in the viral audio tape.
He said the whistleblower’s character is questionable and
that he is destroying himself.
”This is the same person who had accused me of betraying
Atiku Abubakar and I told him I will never do that. See the same person
accusing me at some point that I was going to betray Atiku; see what he has
done to himself.
”He is a serial blackmailer. This is someone who had written
a book about Atiku Abubakar; just because he is not getting what he wants, he
quickly ran to the media to do his usual job of blackmail. Everybody knows that
anyone who has something to do with doing business in Colombia has a
questionable character.
”I wish I could be put on a podium with him and will tell
him the truth. I will tell him to his face that he can no longer be trusted
”Nobody will trust him again. How can you even be recording
a normal conversation? And there is absolutely nothing in that conversation.
Nothing.
”He thinks he is destroying Atiku Abubakar, but he has
destroyed himself. I’m sure he knows that,” he said
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