Atiku & Buhari. |
Our
attention has been drawn to a statement by President Muhammadu Buhari accusing
Atiku Abubakar of planning to smuggle in looted funds into the country just
before the February 2019 elections.
This
new accusation, like their previous allegations, is another infantile outburst
that tells more about the accuser than the accused. Atiku Abubakar has no
looted funds abroad or in Nigeria.
For
the avoidance of doubt, history shows that rather than smuggle in looted cash,
Waziri Atiku Abubakar has a record of preventing looted funds from being
smuggled into Nigeria.
In
1984, it was Atiku Abubakar, as head of the Murtala Mohammed International
Airport Command of the Nigerian Customs and Excise Department, that stopped the
ADC of the then Military Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, from smuggling in 53
suitcases of looted money into the country.
Young
Nigerians and millennials who may not be aware of this incident, will do well
to Google it. Only the guilty are afraid. It is President Muhammadu Buhari who
has a history of smuggling in looted funds and not Waziri Atiku Abubakar.
In
fact, Nasir El-Rufai, a favourite of the President and a chieftain of the All
Progressives Congress, said as follows on October 4, 2010:
“In
1984, Buhari allowed 53 suitcases belonging to his ADC’s father to enter
Nigeria unchecked at a time the country was exchanging old currency for new.”
Atiku
Abubakar’s plane was searched, his accounts have been perused and his
businesses have been thoroughly investigated with a fine tooth and nothing
remotely corrupt or illegal has been found.
In
desperation, the Buhari administration released this statement to cover their
shame on a day that the US based International Strategic Studies
Association reported that it is the unprecedented corruption around
President Buhari that has led to the recent setbacks in the war on terrorism in
the Northeast and the heavy loss of lives amongst the military rank and file.
May God save Nigeria from a government that values money over lives.
We
therefore urge Nigerians to note that it is Muhammadu Buhari who has a history
and a record of smuggling in looted funds and it is Waziri Atiku Abubakar who
has a history of preventing such from happening.
And
while they are at it, we urge them to tell Nigerians those behind Etisalat and
Keystone Bank and how they suddenly possessed such wealth overnight.
Finally,
Nigerians should note that the Buhari administration cannot defend their record
on jobs and poverty - the things of most concern to voters - thus, their only
resort is slander.
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