On Monday, the Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has demanded for security agencies in the country to arrest his arch-rival, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, over what he described as #AtikuGate.
According to information gathered by ValidViewNetwork, Tinubu cited a video clip made by one Michael Achimugu, who was said to a former aide of the PDP standard bearer. Tinubu said Atiku as vice president between 1999 and 2007 colluded with his then boss, President Olusegun Obasanjo, to mismanage the “Special Purpose Vehicles” SPVs.
The APC candidate demanded that Atiku apologize and give up his bid for the presidency, noting that he does not have immunity just because he is running for president.
Dino Melaye, the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) spokesperson and director of public affairs, responded to Tinubu’s allegations of money laundering by saying that Atiku Abubakar, the party’s presidential nominee, is not frightened of being investigated.
Melaye said this in an interview on Monday. Melaye claims that despite repeatedly submitting himself for investigation in Nigeria, Atiku continues to be the subject of the most inquiries.
He said, “Atiku Abubakar is a democrat, he’s a Nigerian. He has always been available for investigation. He has been investigated time and time again and come out very clean with clean status.
“So, you do not need the permission of Atiku to investigate him. We are not afraid of an investigation, because he’s the most investigated Nigerian and if you investigate him again he will come out clean,” he added.
The PDP spokesperson, however, insisted that the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is the person, who is expected to be investigated and prosecuted.
“He is the one that has been indicted already in a certified court indictment. He is the man that has faced the Code of Conduct before,” he said.
