APC PCC slams PDP for avoiding response to Atikugate

• Published date: 19 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC) yesterday faulted Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Management Council for not addressing allegations of money laundering and reckless abuse of public trust against Atiku Abubakar.

The APC PCC said that instead of defending the allegations, the opposition embarked on a puerile diversionary journey by drumming up stale allegations against the ruling party's standard bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

In a statement by its Director, Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga, APC campaign council told its PDP counterpart that all that Nigerians want is for the allegations to be addressed point-by-point.

It listed the following as questions that the PDP team should answer:

Was the whistleblower, Michael Achimugu, who swore to an oath, employed by Atiku?;

Did Atiku make a scandalous confession in a telephone conversation on how he and his former boss, President Olusegun Obasanjo, set up SPVs(Special Purpose Vehicles) such as Marine Float, to steal public money?; and

Was the taped voice not Atiku's?'

The APC PCC added: 'It is obvious that the PDP presidential candidate has no defence to these allegations, which he admitted in his viral confession.

'This was the reason we boldly made the call on him to beat the path of honour, for once, by withdrawing from the presidential race. We also urged the authorities to hold him to account.

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'But the hangers-on and dependants who saw his withdrawal as an end to the campaign bazaar in desperation, resorted to painting the kettle black to look like their pot.

'This resort to counter-mudslinging is not only an admission of criminal guilt, but it is an irresponsible way to cover up the concrete evidence of conspiracy it is...