A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dele Momodu, has stated that if former Vice President Atiku Abubakar were corrupt, he would have been prosecuted by former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan, or President Bola Tinubu.
Momodu challenged anybody with evidence of any Atiku’s corrupt practices with either the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, or Code of Conduct Tribunal to make it known.
He spoke on Monday night while fielding questions from participants of an X Space session titled “Avrilsspace: The Electoral Mathematics for 2027.”
According to Momodu: “There is nothing under the sun that has not been written about Alhaji Atiku Abubakar but I can tell you that they have not been substantiated.
“Even the bloody fight between him and his former boss, Obasanjo; you could see that if indeed Atiku was as bad as they claimed, there is no way he would not have been tried at that time by his or thereafter by Yar’Adua or Jonathan or Buhari or even now by Tinubu.
“So if anybody knows anywhere where Atiku has been indicted for stealing public property, sharing public properties to his friends and cronies they should please tell us.”
The former presidential candidate described Atiku as a consummate Democrat who doesn’t encourage thuggery or militancy.
“My fascination for him increased after he became the Director of Strategic Communications from 2022 to 2023 and I saw the way he ran his office, he’s a seasoned administrator, a consummate Democrat, he allows everybody the same.
“You will never go to Atiku’s house and find people wailing around, whether they are thugs, militants or anything. He is such a cosmopolitan gentle man and this has often worked against him but people say this man is a Lagos boy.
“For me, if anybody has any evidence of an indictment or the government of Nigeria should take to EFCC, ICPC, or Code of Conduct Tribunal please feel free to tell us,” he added.
