Nigeria: $16bn Power Saga - Investigate Me If You Have Evidence, Atiku Tells Govt
Atiku Abubakar said he was never invited to answer the allegations and urged investigators to prosecute him if they have a case.
- Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar denied wrongdoing regarding the $16 billion National Integrated Power Projects scandal, challenging the Tinubu administration to produce evidence of misconduct rather than recycling decades-old allegations.
- Mismanagement allegations connect the $16 billion NIPP funds to the 1999-2007 administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo and Atiku, though The National Assembly never invited him to answer charges regarding the power sector.
- "I have repeatedly asked to be investigated," Atiku said, demanding that if evidence of stolen public money exists, the government should prosecute him instead of relying on what he termed propaganda.
- Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication Phrank Shaibu stated these accusations are a "predictable attempt" to distract Nigerians from the Tinubu administration's economic policies and subsidy removal consequences.
- While ordinary Nigerians face increased costs for food and petrol, Atiku argued that powerful interests continue to benefit from fiscal incentives and concessions, demanding accountability for government revenues.
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Nigeria: $16bn Power Saga - Investigate Me If You Have Evidence, Atiku Tells Govt
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has challenged the Tinubu administration and its supporters to produce evidence of wrongdoing against him and invite him for investigation rather than recycle decades-old allegations whenever uncomfortable questions are raised about the management of Nigeria's resources.
$16bn power saga: Investigate me if you have evidence,...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has challenged the Tinubu administration and its supporters to produce evidence of wrongdoing against him and invite him for investigation rather than recycle decades-old allegations whenever uncomfortable questions are raised about the management of Nigeria’s resources. Atiku said the sudden resurrection of allegations concerning the power sector, privatisation and public assets is a predictable attempt to d…
Probe me over $16bn power spending if you have evidence, Atiku dares FG
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The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has denied wrongdoing in the alleged $16 billion power project scandal ahead of the 2027 general election. Atiku made the disclosure in a statement by his media team on Wednesday. DAILY POST reports that allegations of the mismanagement of $16 […] 2027: Investigate me — Atiku speaks on $16bn power projects scandal
‘Bring your evidence’: Atiku dares Tinubu over $16bn power allegation
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has challenged President Bola Tinubu to produce evidence of wrongdoing against him over the controversial $16 billion power sector expenditure, insisting that he should be investigated and prosecuted if there is a genuine case against him. Atiku, in a statement issued on Wednesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, accused the Tinubu administration a…
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