By Omeiza Ajayi
ABUJA: Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has demanded that the Presidency names the insiders allegedly connected to the fake Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council PFIPC scandal, describing the interim report of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission ICPC on the matter as an indictment that raises more questions than answers.
In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said the Presidency cannot parade the report as an exoneration when the same report reportedly acknowledges “negligence and connivance” within government processes that enabled the alleged fraud.
According to the findings, one individual allegedly forged a presidential appointment letter, created a fictitious federal agency, appropriated offices and instruments of the former Presidential Economic Advisory Council, opened bank accounts using forged legislative instruments, engaged in widespread impersonation, and created two additional fictitious government agencies. Yet, the statement noted, Nigerians are being told that State House systems were “above board” — claims it said cannot comfortably coexist.
