The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has exonerated it’s presidential flag bearer, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, from the fresh corruption case leveled against him by the Federal Government.
According to the opposition party, Atiku is a honest and hard-working man, who had nothing to do with issues leading to the collapse of Bank PHB.
Recall that Lagos Times had reported that the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed had alleged that the PDP candidate had questions to answer over slush funds that led to the collapse of former Bank PHB.
He told State House correspondents on Friday in Abuja that Abubakar would offer explanations to Nigerians once he returned from his trip to the US.
However, in a swift reaction, the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation (PPCO) said the allegations of Abubakar’s involvement in the collapse of the bank were fabricated to frame the candidate.
The organization’s Director of Media and Publicity, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, said this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja, adding that, the candidate was already emerging victorious in the Feb. 16 Presidential election.
“The PPCO makes bold to state that Atiku has nothing to do with the alleged issues leading to the collapse of Bank PHB.
“Atiku is an honest and hard-working Nigerian who has no skeleton of any sort in his cupboard.
“The world already knows that this is an attempt to mudsling our presidential candidate,” he said.
Ologbondiyan said Nigerians could “see through those lies, fabrications and frustration and the scheme against Atiku, which he said were already dead on arrival’’.
“The PDP presidential candidate, our great party and indeed all Nigerians, who have already reached a national consensus to vote-in Atiku will not be distracted by this unfounded allegation,” he said.
Abubakar had recently alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari’s family members co-own Etisalat Nigeria, Keystone Bank which was formerly Bank PHB.