Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has denied spending $30,000 to hire a United States’ lobby group to persuade the US Congress to stop the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a statement Wednesday by his media aide, Mr. Paul Ibe, described the allegation which was instigated by the Buhari campaign as a “total fabrication.”
He also disassociated himself from 2019 election posters being circulated in Abuja, stressing that “the campaign season is over and the tainted electoral victory by the incumbent is being challenged in court.”
The former vice president insisted that his court case has become APC’s biggest burden because it exposes its integrity as a sham, adding that instead of defending its stolen mandate in court, it is using fake news to divert public attention from the historic electoral heist it has…
