Buhari Campaign Spokesman demands from PDP evidence of Buhari’s corrupt deals
*Urges media, Nigerians to ask PDP, Atiku for evidence over any allegation against APC before taking them seriously
Director of Information of the Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, Mr. Festus Keyamo (SAN), has reacted to allegations by opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, of corruption against President Muhammadu Buhari.
Keyamo asked them to come public with evidence of such allegations if there was any, even as he urged Nigerians, especially the media, to always demand evidence of any accusation levelled against the ruling APC before the opposition party could be taken seriously.
He said this in response to an allegation by Atiku through his Special Assistant on Public Communication, Mr Phrank Shaibu, that members of the President’s family now own substantial shares in Etisalat Nigeria, which has an estimated $2bn (about N727bn at N360 per dollar) of its estimated $20bn global net worth.
Atiku, while citing a report, also claimed that the first family had acquired mouth-watering shares in Keystone Bank with total assets of $1.916bn (equivalent of N307.5bn) and purchased about N3bn worth of shares in the new Pakistani Islamic Bank.
Saying that Atiku and the PDP deserved no attention, Keyamo urged Nigerians to demand proof from them whenever “they make their spurious and wild allegations” before they could listen to them.
“Before Nigerians can listen to them, they (PDP and Atiku) must show some modicum of proof before we can respond; otherwise they will wake up every morning and start making wild, fictitious accusations. These are useless and stupid allegations they have been churning out to show they are clueless,” he said.
Atiku had also stated that the reported N1.7bn donated by Nigerian farmers to the campaign of President Buhari contravened Section 91 (9) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), which says, “no individual or other entity shall donate more than N1m to an aspirant or a candidate.”
He added that Section 91 (2) of the Electoral Act further stated that a presidential candidate could only spend a maximum of N1bn.
But Keyamo argued that the law did not stop people from donating beyond the spending limit.
“The law only says N1bn is your spending limit, it didn’t say people cannot donate more. When you receive more you can veer them into other things like charity or party activities other than campaigning,” he said.
