The campaign team of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar is refuting allegations of money laundering levelled against its principal, saying the claims are an attempt to blackmail him.
The All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Organisation on Monday called for the arrest and prosecution of the former vice president for allegedly using private accounts to siphon monies from the public treasury.
The Tinubu campaign made the claims on the heels of a video by a whistleblower identified as Michael Achimugu, a purported former aide of Atiku, alleging that the PDP candidate used “Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs)” to divert public funds while in office.
In response, a spokesman for the Atiku/Okowa Campaign Organisation, Daniel Bwala, who made a live appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, argued against the culpability of the former Vice president based on the evidence presented by the accuser.
“I do not think a picture showing him with Atiku is conclusive proof of relationship or that he’s with the family, but whether the content of what he’s saying is true or not and also whether he is a merchant hired by someone to execute a project,” he said.
“When a whistleblower blows the whistle, there is this thing called the objectivity test that they tend to see whether he’s acting out in the interest of peace or he’s a merchant like I said.
“He failed the objectivity test because...
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