SPV Probe: Keyamo Vows To Leave Tinubu If …

Spokesperson of the Presidential Campaign Council of the APC, Festus Keyamo has vowed to leave the position should the party’s candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu stop him from forging ahead with his plans to sue the PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar over alleged use of SPVs to launder money.

“I am going to court. If they (PDP) wish this thing away, it won’t go away,” Keyamo, a serving Minister of State for Labour and Employment, said on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday.

He said that the issue for him had become personal and would consider stepping down from his position as spokesperson to Tinubu should the APC presidential candidate stop him from probing Atiku over the SPVs.

In a viral video, a whistleblower, one Michael Achimugu alleged that Atiku used Special Purpose Vehicles to usurp funds as vice-president between 1999 and 2007.

Keyamo and the APC campaign council subsequently petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC), and the Conduct of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and gave them 72 hours to arrest the former vice president over corruption allegations.

A spokesman for Atiku’s campaign, Dino Melayo later described the allegations against his principal as a fairy tale, adding that the council won’t engage the APC on the matter.

However, Keyamo said, “We will know whether there is fairytales when we get to court.

“In the case when they challenged my principal (Bola Tinubu), when they brought up dead documents from the US, I said go to court. Come out with your full chest and go to court. Up until today they ran away. I am going to court. If they wish this thing away, it won’t go away,” he added.

Keyamo said he is prepared to face persecution if Atiku wins the February 25, 2023 presidential poll but said he would go to court adding that he was also ready to leave the Tinubu campaign should the candidate stop his probe of the SPV issue.

“Whether Atiku Abubakar wins or not (of course, I know he is not going to win), I’m prepared to face persecution under his government. I am prepared to go to jail, I am prepared to be charged even if he wins the election,” Keyamo said of his probe of the SPVs.

He also said the country deserves to recover all funds allegedly diverted because they are public funds.

“The Nigerian people deserve justice on this issue. Every single money that was paid into that Marine Float Account must be recovered from whoever is the person. Nigeria must recover its money. Money paid into that account was public funds,” he stated.   (Channels TV)

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