Obasanjo is currently lobbying US to lift travel ban on Atiku - APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that former President
Olusegun Obasanjo has commenced moves to make the United States
government withdraw its alleged travel ban on PDP presidential candidate
and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.
In a statement signed by the Acting National Publicity Secretary of APC,
Yekini Nabena, the party said it has credible information that Obasanjo
has started lobbying the US government to issue Atiku an entry visa.
The statement reads: “We have come across credible reports that former
President Olusegun Obasanjo has made moves to secure United States entry
visa for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, whose candidacy he endorsed on Thursday.
“It is learnt that that the former president, who during and after
leaving office insisted on Atiku’s unsuitability to govern Nigeria based
on his knowledge of the latter’s extensive corrupt practices while he
served as Vice President, is lobbying US authorities to withdraw the ban
reportedly placed on Atiku from entering the United States following a
2005 $500,000 bribery scandal that involved Atiku, his fourth wife
Jennifer and former United States Congressman, William Jefferson.
“Recall that the former president while in office had deployed enormous
resources of the country on a global dragnet coordinated by the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in getting Atiku prosecuted for
corrupt enrichment and money laundering.
“A report by the United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations, chaired by Senator Carl Levin reported that Atiku used
offshore companies to siphon millions of dollars to his fourth wife in
the United States, Jennifer, while still the vice president of Nigeria
between 2000 and 2008.
“The report further stated that then President Bush had on the strength
of his report, barred Atiku and other corrupt politically exposed
persons from being issued visa to the United States, a reason for which
he has been unable to travel to the United States till date.
“Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s intervention in Alh.Abubakar
Atiku’s ban from the United States of America is evidence of Obasanjo’s
legendary hypocrisy and self-serving interest in national affairs.”
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