Atiku Owed The Company That Processed His American Visa In 2018, Says Group | Governmend
The Coordinator of the forum, Mr Ogebe Jones Ogebe, while addressing journalists, alleged that there was an agreement with a service company that processed a US visa for Atiku, and that he was yet to honour his part of the agreement since 2018.
A group under the aegis of Forum for Integrity and Credibility in Leadership (FICL) has said that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, may not keep his campaign promises.
The Coordinator of the forum, Mr Ogebe Jones Ogebe, while addressing journalists, alleged that there was an agreement with a service company that processed a US visa for Atiku, and that he was yet to honour his part of the agreement since 2018.
Ogebe said, “We are concerned about the future of our country ditto the integrity and the credibility of those who seek to succeed President Mahammadu Buhari come 2023.
“We are x-raying the leading presidential candidates and shall consistently put before the public the verifiable pluses and minuses that define the candidates.
“This is our path as we seek to advance our democracy and deepen the fabrics of integrity and credibility in our body polity.
“In 2018, precisely on the 15th of October, the former Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the 2023 elections, through his lawyer entered into an agreement with a service company to process and procure United States of America visa for the former Vice President of Nigeria.
“It is however worthy of note that the visa was processed, procured and handed over to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar the Waziri Adamawa as agreed, but since 2018 the payment for the agreed sum is allegedly still not being honoured.
“We are armed with the full details of the contract breach and shall put each and every fact before the public in due course. We shall put the facts before, during and after the said agreement before the public without equivocation.
“Indeed, as watchdogs interested in the pristine values of integrity and credibility in leadership, we shall continue to x-ray the candidates and put before the public our findings.”
In January 2019, Atiku flew to the US for the first time in a long while.
His inability to travel to the US was reportedly due to his involvement in a corruption case and a federal summons for his arrest dating back to when he was in government.
On October 28, 2022, Atiku again arrived in the US for political campaigns.
The PDP presidential candidate was welcomed by some chieftains of the party including former Senate President Bukola Saraki and Dino Melaye.
Credit: Sahara reporter.
