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Tinubu campaign team bombs Atiku for lying during TV interview

The Bola Tinubu Campaign Organisation Saturday took a swipe at Peoples Democratic Party candidate Atiku Abubakar following his interview on Arise television.

Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Communication of the campaign, said Atiku’s “many lies and ignorance” were shocking.

” Alhaji Atiku exposed himself as a man who is not prepared for the job he is applying for and a man who can not be entrusted with our commonwealth. He was flippant in his response to important questions about his record of service and how he made money while serving in Customs. He muddled up facts and exhibited befuddling, ” he said.

Onanuga accused Atiku of ” gross misconduct” based on his admission about engaging in private business while working as a customs officer at Idi-Iroko border.

The campaign organisation described Atiku as a “law breaker” while explaining that ‘Code of conduct and service rules bar civil and public servants from engaging in private business’ Onanuga, in the statement, cited Part I, Fifth Schedule, Section of 2 (b) of the 1999 Constitution.

Equally, the campaign organisation faulted Atiku for showing poor Knowledge of key sectors of the economy.

“He claimed the sector represents 20% of our national GDP whereas it is below 10 percent and it is still falling owing to the growth of non-oil sector under the current All Progressives Congress led administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, ” the statement said.

Another point the Tinubu campaign team raised was Atiku’s “false data from Egypt”.

On this, Onanuga said, “We found his claim that Egypt has 2 million police officers on the streets to be untrue. Various sources put the number at about 500,000 for a population of 104 million and not 80 million as falsely claimed by Atiku.”

On PDP’s rotational presidency, Onanuga said he wondered why Atiku “didn’t see seeking to be President after 8years of a President from his part of Nigeria as politics of exclusion.”

“Atiku’s justification as to why he became PDP’s presidential candidate, instead of a southerner is a perfect example in ellipsis: “In politics”, he said, “we negotiate power through negotiations(Sic)”.  Whatever that means.

“Atiku ever an expert in not telling the truth also did not come clean over his once-upon a time preference for same-faith ticket.

“In 1993, after Atiku and Kingibe lost to MKO Abiola in the SDP presidential primary in Jos, Atiku was the choice of the Yar’Adua camp to become Abiola’s running mate.

“Abiola overlooked him and picked the more cerebral diplomat and bureaucrat, Babagana Kingibe. In all the tonnes of biographies written about him, there was no where he said he opposed Shehu Yar’Adua’s support for his candidacy as Abiola’s VP. .

“He was not against it, since it favoured him. Now, it is politically convenient and opportunistic for him to oppose Tinubu-Shettima ticket.”

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