The 2027 African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has fired back at those calling on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe him over corruption allegations.
In a statement by his media aide, Paul Ibe, the former Vice
President described the calls as a mere political witch-hunt.
Recall that a former National Vice Chairman (South-South) of
the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ntufam Hilliard Eta, had urged the EFCC and
other law enforcement agencies to immediately probe and prosecute Atiku over
allegations of corruption.
Reacting, Atiku said, “When an incumbent government begins
to feel politically threatened, the institutions of state suddenly become
intensely interested in its opponents.
“The latest episode is the move to bring former Vice
President and ADC presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, under the scrutiny of
the EFCC.”
The former Vice President equally recalled that the Olusegun
Obasanjo administration investigated him but was left with no evidence to
pursue his prosecution.
According to him, almost two decades later, different
administrations controlled the machinery of the Nigerian state, yet no
successive administration found it necessary to prosecute him for corruption.
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