Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has raised the alarm over a “suspicious” credit alert into one of his private bank accounts, alleging that unknown persons may have obtained his confidential banking details.
Atiku said the unexplained transfer, made by an individual he does not know, carried the narration “Contribution to Electioneering Campaign”, despite the fact that neither he nor his campaign authorised, solicited or had any knowledge of the payment.
In a statement by Phrank Shaibu, his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Atiku described the development as deeply troubling and questioned how details of a strictly private account, which are not publicly available, could have been obtained by an unknown person.
“The account is a strictly private one whose details are not in the public domain. This raises a fundamental question: How did unknown persons obtain the confidential banking details of a private citizen?” he asked.
Atiku warned that the incident raised broader concerns about the security of Nigerians’ financial information, particularly if the private banking details of a former vice-president and presidential candidate could allegedly be accessed and used without his knowledge.
