The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has denied hiring a US lobbyist firm to advance his bid to take over
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has denied hiring a US lobbyist firm to advance his bid to take over power from President Muhammadu Buhari.
The former vice-president who is at the presidential election tribunal to challenge the declaration of Buhari as winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said the reports of the alleged contract is a handiwork of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
But in the statement issued on his behalf by Paul Ibe, his spokesman, Atiku dismissed the report as total fabrication by the APC, adding that it “didn’t come as a surprise to us because lying has become their only bragging rights of competence. Since Atiku resisted pressure not to go to court, the APC has been behaving like a cat on hot bricks because the outcome of the 2019 elections has exposed and shattered the facade of their dubious integrity.
“The APC are behaving nervously like a thief living under the fear of being exposed and shamed; they are now using fake news against Atiku instead of focusing on defending themselves in the court. For a party that has broken the worst record in election rigging, the APC doesn’t have any iota of integrity to be taken seriously by anybody.
“Atiku’s court case has become their biggest burden because it exposes their integrity as a sham, and instead of defending their stolen mandate in court, they are now using fake news to divert public attention from the historic electoral heist they have committed against Nigerians. No amount of diversionary propaganda and fake news campaign by APC will stop Atiku Abubakar from continuing the court action he started to reclaim the stolen mandate.”
