Following rumours that PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, offered Kashim Gaidam, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, (REC) in Adamawa State,
Following rumours that PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, offered Kashim Gaidam, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, (REC) in Adamawa State, the home state of the presidential candidate, $1m or a house in Dubai to compromise the outcome of Adamawa elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission has deflected the rumour.
INEC says Atiku never offered the REC $1m or a house in Dubai. The electoral body said this in a Facebook post while reacting to social media rumours that Atiku had compromised the Adamawa elections.
A report which trended on social media on Monday read in part, “Breaking News: I rejected Atiku’s $1m bribe plus a house in Dubai- Adamawa REC”.
While responding to the post, however, INEC wrote, “The Adamawa INEC REC completely dissociates himself from the allegation that he had an offer of $1m and a house in Dubai as no offer whatsoever was ever made to him by anyone.”
The INEC REC, who threatened court action against those behind the news, emphasised that he had never met Atiku in his life.
“I’ve never had any contact with Atiku all my life. I can state without fear of contradiction that Atiku probably does not know how I look, because I’ve never met him personally, all my life. I was shocked to read what was credited to me by some unscrupulous persons,” he said.
