Friday, January 31, 2025 - The All-Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA,
has asked former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, to provide evidence backing
his claims that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, bribed opposition
parties with N50m.
DAILY POST recalls that Atiku made the claims recently while speaking as
a panelist at a national conference in Abuja.
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the
2023 general election warned that Nigeria’s democracy would be at risk if the
alleged practice continued.
Responding to the allegation in a statement on Thursday, APGA’s
Publicity Secretary, Ejimofor Opara, dared Atiku to provide concrete evidence
to support his claim.
Opara slammed the ex-VP for spreading unfounded rumours that served to
heat the polity.
“APGA is compelled to respond to the baseless allegation made by former
Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, claiming that the ruling APC is buying
over opposition parties with N50 million.
“We condemn this assertion in the strongest terms, as it is without any
proof or substance. It is unfortunate that Atiku has resorted to spreading
unfounded rumours, which only serve to heat up the polity and undermine the
country’s democratic process.
“If indeed Atiku’s interest is to strengthen Nigeria’s democracy, we
urge him to provide specific details of the opposition parties that have
collected the said N50 million. It’s time for him to put up or shut up!”
“We, therefore, challenge Atiku to mention names, provide evidence, and
substantiate his claims. Anything short of this is mere political
grandstanding, which will not be taken seriously by Nigerians,” the statement
read.
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