Atiku denies fresh campaign posters, says it’s plot to stop him from retrieving ‘stolen’ mandate

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the concluded 2019 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has said he has nothing to do with his fresh campaign poster in circulation in Abuja.

Posters of Atiku with inscription, ‘Pukka’ a Hindi word which literally means ‘Genuine’, were seen pasted in certain areas of Abuja.

But the former Vice President in his reaction through a statement by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, dissociated himself from the posters.

He described it as a plot by his opponent to distract him from retrieving his “stolen mandate”.

Atiku, is challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s emergence as the winner of the 2019 presidential election in court. He alleged he won the election but was rigged out, arguing, that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced fake result that favoured Buhari.

“Our attention has been drawn to posters of His Excellency Atiku Abubakar, Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 election being circulated in Abuja.

“We disassociate the former Vice President of Nigeria from the said posters in circulation.

“The campaign season is over. The tainted electoral victory by the incumbent is being challenged in court.

“We refuse to be distracted, which is exactly the objective of our opponents but to remain focused on diligently pursuing our election petition with a view to retrieving the stolen mandate,” Atiku said.

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The poster issue is coming just as a story of Atiku allegedly employing the services of two cerebral lawyers in Washington DC, United States of America to lobby the American government for recognition as the winner of the last presidential election is still trending.

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