FG’s Bank PHB allegation latest act of desperation to frame an innocent man- Atiku

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has challenged the Federal Government to show evidence that he was a recipient of N156m slush fund that led to the collapse of the defunct Platinum Habib Bank.

Atiku made this challenge Friday in a statement issued by Phrank Shaibu, his Special Assistant on Public Communication.

He said, “It is disgusting to continue to spin allegations of corruption against me by people who have failed to come forward with a single shred of evidence of my misconduct while in office.

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“They just suddenly woke up to the reality that, their lies about Atiku being corrupt can no longer hold? I challenge the federal government to come up with evidence that I benefited from N156 million slush funds through Claremont Management Services Account on 13th January, 2009 as well as the collapse of Bank PHB as they have alleged.

“It is instructive to note that the same Bank PHB is now Keystone Bank, which was said to have been acquired by Buhari’s cronies through AMCON last year,”Atiku said in the statement.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had on Friday said the PDP candidate has a case to answer over the collapse of Platinum Habib Bank.

He revealed that the case would be started as soon as Atiku returns from the US, his first trip in about 12 years.

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