All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Joe Igbokwe, has claimed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo advised Nigerians that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) 2027 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, can’t be trusted.
Naija Information studies that the comment comes amid a contemporary confrontation between Obasanjo and Atiku, with the previous president accusing his erstwhile vp of spearheading efforts to question him whereas he was in workplace.
Responding, Atiku stated Obasanjo’s resolution to accuse him of bribing the late Rt. Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Abba to question him was not solely reckless however essentially unfair to a person who’s not alive to defend his title.
Nevertheless, Igbokwe, in a put up on his official Fb web page on Saturday, slammed Atiku over his 2027 presidential ambition, saying that he can’t be trusted with Nigeria’s treasury.
He wrote: “Let me drop this right here in order that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will hear it. We can not belief him with the treasury of Nigeria.
“His principal, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has advised us in no unsure phrases that he can’t be trusted.”
In the meantime, a former presidential aide, Laolu Akande, has stated President Bola Tinubu and Atiku each carry long-standing corruption allegations, arguing that neither aspect is prone to acquire a lot political benefit by reviving the controversies forward of the 2027 basic election.
Akande spoke on Channels Television’s Dawn Each day on Thursday whereas reacting to renewed political exchanges involving previous allegations towards the 2 main political figures.
He stated years of scrutiny surrounding each males had made it troublesome for both camp to convincingly declare the ethical excessive floor on corruption.
“While you put Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Atiku up towards one another on the questions round corruption, I don’t assume it’s going to be useful to both of them as a result of each of them have ample baggages,” Akande stated.
The previous presidential spokesman was reacting to efforts by supporters of Atiku to recirculate paperwork referring to Tinubu’s previous authorized controversies in america, together with a decades-old forfeiture case linked to allegations involving narcotics proceeds.
Akande argued that the problem had already attracted in depth public debate and authorized scrutiny, making it unlikely to considerably change voters’ notion until new info emerged.
