Come clean of travel ban, APC tells Atiku
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged the presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to come clean “on the nagging issue of his travel ban to the United States of America” following his alleged indictment for corruption in that country.
The challenge on Sunday is coming as rumours of an alleged “presidential impostor” gathers momentum, and the ruling party accusing the opposition Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) of instigating the ” silly” claim.
The rumours took a dangerous hype at the weekend following reported stabbing of a Nigerian diplomatic attaché recently in Sudan.
“From silly conspiracies on the shape of the President’s ear, a ludicrous allegation of a presidential body double named Jubrin from Sudan, tales on the #NextLevelNigeria campaign and the rested certificate issue, Nigerians have been entertained by the comical displays of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The ruling party also alleged that them meeting in Dubai hosted by Atiku and attended leaders of PDP was in fact “a last-ditch effort to raise presidential campaign cash from foreign financiers by mortgaging key national economic assets particularly the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).”
Nabena, said the country cannot afford to have a “fugitive occupying the highest office in the country”, alluding to Atiku’s alleged travel ban into the United States.
He.said: “Again, a challenge the PDP presidential candidate, Alh. Atiku Abubakar must take up is coming clean on the nagging issue of his travel ban to the United States of America following his alleged indictment for corruption in that country.
“To borrow the words of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, we must stop electing rogues, hooligans and criminals into public office.
“Truly, we cannot have a fugitive occupying the highest office in the country. Our great country, Nigeria deserves better.”
Nabena again restated previous claim that the PDP presidential flagbearer is having difficulty raising funds for his campaign, claiming that PDP governors are not.willing to fund the Atiku campaign.
“This disturbing development must be checked by relevant agencies particularly the recently established Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), the country’s arm of the global financial intelligence Units (FIUs) mandated to collect information on suspicious or unusual financial activity suspected of being money laundering and then share such information with relevant anti-crime or regulatory agencies.
“Backed by their discredited cyber-thugs, the PDP in its desperate bid to remain in public reckoning continues to expose itself as a joke before Nigerians. The PDP should know by now that elections are not won through falsehood on the internet, but by valid votes of the electorate who are aware of who ruined the country and who is clearing the rot.
“It is now clear that we have no credible opposition political party, but a gang of selfish and mercantile politicians that will do anything to return to elective office,” Nabena stated.
