Alleged Corrupt Practice: I Have Visited US Several Times, Never Been Detained - Atiku Replies Afegbua

 

A presidential aspirant in the upcoming 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar has reacted to claims of corruption leveled against him by Akinola Kassim Afegbua, a former commissioner for information in Edo state.

 

Atiku asked Afegbua to prepare for litigation over false claims he made against him.

 

Afegbua alleged that the former vice president could not visit United States of America over corruption Atiku, however, dismissed the claims, saying that he has never been detained, harassed or questioned by the US.

 

Former vice president and leading presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has responded to a false claim by a former commissioner for information in Edo state, Kassim Afegbua against him.

 

Afegbua had alleged that the ex-vice president was accused of demanding a bribe of $500,000 to facilitate the award of contracts to two American telecommunication firms in Nigeria.

 

Former vice president Atiku Abubakar said he has visited US several times in the last few years.

 

The director-general of Face of Waziri-Nigeria (FOWN), Ade Bukky, said Atiku would not have ordinarily responded to Afegbua’s false claim because he knew he was sponsored by his paymasters to malign his integrity ahead of 2023 presidential election, but the statement was meant to put the record straight for posterity.

 

Bukky noted that Atiku never demanded any money from anyone, adding that the ex-president had travelled to the US many times and that he has never been detained, harassed or questioned.

 

He added that Atiku is the most investigated in Nigeria and that till this moment, nothing was found against him or any of his family members, saying that the presidential hopeful has nothing to do with 500,000 dollars when he has chains of legitimate businesses in Nigeria.

 

Afegbua is being sponsored by his paymasters According to him, Afegbua is only displaying and acting the scripts of his pay masters from the south-south and southwest, adding that he is only bent on tarnishing the image of Atiku since he couldn’t get the position and money he requested from the former VP and the technical committee he set up for the actualisation of his aspiration.

 

Bukky said: “Atiku never demanded any money from anyone. Atiku had travelled to the US many times and he has never been detained, harassed or questioned.

The US is a country that is well organised and don’t joke with comprehensive investigation. “Atiku is the most investigated in Nigeria and till this moment, nothing was found against him or any of his family members.

 

He further stated: “Afegbua is a serial job and money seeker known by all. He will lick any plate so far he could find a remnant of piece of soup and crunch of bones there.