APC reacts to Atiku’s visit to US, says ”a thief remains a thief anywhere”
the recent visit of former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar to
Washington DC.
Atiku, who is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), visited the US after 13 years, and for the first time
since he left office as Nigeria's vice-president.
But the party in a statement issued by Adeshegun Labinjo, chairman, US
chapter of APC said the visit does not absolve Atiku of the purported
corruption allegations against him and he should still be held
accountable.
The statement read: "the questionable character of the individual does
not evaporate because he has stepped on the soil of America
"A thief remains a thief no matter where he or she visits. Obviously,
Alhaji Abubakar Atiku has every reason to have kept off the USA given
the cloak of corruption he is wearing," the statement read.
"After a long spell of noticeable absence and factual concerns about
Alhaji Abubakur Atiku's antecedents in the USA arising from his
dealings with former Congressman William Jefferson of Louisiana, who
was convicted and served a jail term on account of bribery resulting
from a telecommunication transaction in Nigeria, Atiku is now here
again in the US.
"Congressional records point to the fact that Atiku engaged in money
laundering through his wife who was then resident in the USA.
"We see Atiku, who is the 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) of Nigeria, as a self-centered corrupt Vice
President under President Obasanjo's regime.
"Certainly, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku's entry and presence in the USA is a
mockery of President Bush Presidential Proclamation 7750 which affirms
the denial of US visa to foreign officials involved with corruption
and other supporting legislations by the congress. APC-USA believes
that Alhaji Abubakar Atiku should be held accountable for his
involvement m money laundering."
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