The Atiku Media Office on Thursday, March 27, 2025, said it has taken note of reports in a section of the media that the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu through Ms Aisha Achimugu made available to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, money purportedly belonging to Lagos State.
It warned that the voyage of misadventure and campaign of calumny against the person and reputation of Atiku Abubakar must be halted immediately and with alacrity too.
The Atiku Media Office said that since the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been dragged into the arena of politics and propaganda by being credited with investigating the matter, it should make public the outcome of its alleged investigation.
These were contained in a statement by Paul Ibe, who declared that let it be known, “that it is a blatant lie from the pit of hell; a contrived political hogwash, and a futile campaign of calumny aimed at advancing the political interests of President Bola A. Tinubu”.
Ibe said that the former Vice President does not know Governor Sanwo-Olu, stressing that he has never met the Lagos State governor.
In the words of Ibe; “This piece of kindergarten propaganda is beneath the camp of Tinubu. How is it possible for an Atiku that does not know and had no connection with Sanwo-Olu to be having a transaction with him involving the exchange of money – let alone during the Presidential election of 2023 in which his boss was a contestant? To what end would that be? “We wish to, therefore, state emphatically and for the record that it is a political hatchet job aimed at providing a much-needed justification to jettison Governor Sanwo-Olu, who appears to have fallen out of favour with the “Bourdillon Cult.”
“Indeed, their strategy is two-fold: get rid of Sanwo-Olu and to discredit the coalition being put together by the opposition political leaders, of which Atiku Abubakar is a key stakeholder.
“To even underscore how poor the propaganda is, an unnamed Sanwo-Olu’s aide is quoted in the news story trashing his principal and adding fuel to the fire. Pray, who does that?
“Finally, it is not just the President that is entitled to that information but the generality of the Nigerian public, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party’s Presidential flag bearer in the 2023 election, Peter Obi,” he said.
