The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has said he has been able to run for the office of the President of Nigeria since 1993 without any controversy because unlike his main rival and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Tinubu, he is unencumbered by drugs and identity scandals.
These revelations are contained in Atiku’s response on Wednesday to Tinubu’s and APC’s reply to his petition challenging the process and the outcome of the February 25 presidential election.
Atiku said his identity, comprising age, state of origin and educational qualifications has never been in dispute like those of Tinubu.
In his response to Tinubu’s response to his petition, Atiku insisted that Tinubu is constitutionally disabled from contesting for the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Amongst others, Atiku alleged that Tinubu is unfit to lead Nigeria having been indicted for drug-related offences in the United States of America (USA) and made to forfeit a sum of $460,000 as a compromise agreement.
In the response filed by his lead counsel, Chief Chris Uche, SAN, the PDP presidential candidate justified why the declaration of Tinubu as President-elect cannot stand, adding that against the law, “Tinubu holds dual citizenship of Nigeria and Guinea, having voluntarily acquired the citizenship of the Republic of Guinea”.
