The African Democratic Congress, ADC, vice presidential candidate, Rotimi Amaechi, has challenged President Bola Tinubu to provide proof of claims that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar used public funds to build the American University of Nigeria, AUN.
Amaechi threw the challenge on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’, while reacting to the claims making the rounds against Atiku.
He said Tinubu and his people should stop making noise and show Nigerians the evidence if they have any.
“Show the evidence!” Amaechi said.
According to him, “It is easy to accuse a man on social media and in press statements, but it is another thing to prove it with documents.”
The former Minister of Transportation said Atiku built the said university with his own money and his own sweat, and anybody who says otherwise should come out with facts.
Amaechi warned Tinubu against using power to intimidate the opposition, adding that democracy will die if the government turns every disagreement into a fight against opposition leaders.
He said Atiku has been in opposition for years and has faced all kinds of attacks, but he has remained standing.
He further stated that if the government truly has evidence that public funds were used to build the university, it should go to court and not use propaganda to spoil Atiku’s name.
Amaechi said Nigerians are watching and the people want food, jobs, and security, not daily attacks on opposition figures.
