SPVs: Atiku Should Be Arrested, Stopped From Election – Tinubu

The Bola Tinubu Campaign has demanded the immediate exit of Atiku Abubakar from the 2023 presidential contest and for his arrest over allegations linking him with the use of Special Purpose Vehicles, SPVs to corruptly fleece the Federal Government when he served as vice-president.

The Tinubu Campaign made the demand in a press conference in Abuja following the allegations spewed by a one time associate of Atiku’s, Mr Michael Achimugu who claimed to have served as the former vice-president’s media aide.

The Tinubu Campaign in a written address at the press conference further alleged that funds from the SPVs were used by Atiku and President Olusegun Obasanjo in establishing their two universities, American University of Nigeria, AUN, Yola and Bells University, Otta.

In the address jointly signed by Mr. Dele Alake, Special Adviser, Media, Communications and Public Affairs; Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN, Director, Public Affairs and Chief Spokesperson; Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity; Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, Director, Special Media Projects/New Media; and Alhaji Idris Mohammed, Director, Strategic Communications, they also alleged a conspiracy with some sections of the media to silence the allegations levelled against Atiku.

They said:

“We hereby make available Certified True Copies of the affidavit sworn to and released to the public by the whistleblower, Mr. Michael Achimugu, giving graphic details of all that transpired, including attached documents. Let us also play to you the voice recording he did of Atiku Abubakar. Note that he provided the time of the call, the phone number used and the emails immediately preceding the call.

Noting the use of one of the alleged SPVs, the Tinubu Campaign said of Atiku:

“The issue of the Marine Float Account is not new to Nigerians. In the voice note, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar can be heard boasting that the issue of that account was thoroughly investigated by EFCC, yet then he was smart enough to escape.

“However, we note that in 2006, at the height of his public quarrel with Obasanjo over the sharing of money, the same PDP officially asked Atiku Abubakar to refund N500million taken from that account.

“In the circumstance, since the nation now knows that the Marine Float Account and other similar accounts were ‘SPV’ accounts, it follows that all payments made into that account were monies stolen from the public coffers. Therefore, we call on all security agencies to recover all monies withdrawn from that account by anyone for that matter.”

In demanding the withdrawal of Atiku from the election on account of the alleged use of the SPVs, the Tinubu Campaign said:

“In the light of these very grave revelations, we call on Atiku Abubakar to IMMEDIATELY tender an unreserved apology to the Nigerian people and step down from the Presidential race forthwith, whilst handing himself over to the law enforcement agencies.”

While calling on the media to feast on the issue of the alleged use of SPVs by Atiku, the Tinubu Campaign, said:

“So far, we are disillusioned, but not surprised at the conspiratorial silence of a section of the media over this grave issue of national importance. Even after seeing court processes in form of a sworn affidavit, we observe an embarrassing silence yet from a section of the media. We have consistently made our case against the unethical and partisan antics of some media houses and this development vindicates us.

“When it was the case of the spurious and dead case of drug dealing leveled against our candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, these media platforms threw caution to the winds and zealously feasted on it. Of course, we gallantly came out and vigorously disproved all the tissue of lies against our candidate. But, now, the Press has gone strangely quiet. Well, whether they keep quiet or not, it is our firm belief that the judiciary is the last hope for the hopeless.

“In this case, the judiciary will not be quiet as we shall clearly take steps in the next few days to initiate a judicial process seeking the OUTRIGHT DISQUALIFICATION OF ATIKU ABUBAKAR from the race based on these facts. He is clearly ethically challenged, morally damaged for the highest office of the land.”

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