Saraki denies Atiku travelled to the US as his aide saying APC is just peddling scare stories

SENATE president Senator Bukola Saraki has rubbished reports that the former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar travelled to the US as one of his aides saying that the claims were just an act of desperation by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

 

Last week, Alhaji Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Senator Saraki visited Washington DC, where they met with several congressional leaders. It was the first time Alhaji Abubakar had been to the US since he left office in 2007. amid claims that he could not travel there because he is wanted to answer fraud allegations.

 

In a bid to silence his critics, Alhaji Abubakar went to the US as part of a PDP delegation, to debunk the allegations that he would be arrested if he set foot in the country. However, the APC said he was only able to visit the US because he went as an aide to Senator Saraki, which granted him diplomatic immunity.

 

Reacting to these claims, Senator Saraki, who is the director-general of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, described the allegation as nonsensical. He pointed out that Alhaji Abubakar applied for a visa and was granted one, just like everybody else who went on the trip.

 

Senator Saraki said: “These are desperate claims. When you are campaigning and you see that you have suffered a setback, just move on and don’t make a fool of yourself. To say the candidate travelled on my merit is not true.

 

“He applied for his visa, was given the visa and he was invited to attend functions. How do you do that? How do you travel as an aide? That is ridiculous and they know it. It is very difficult for them to respond because they have sold a lot of propaganda and lies to Nigerians."

 

He added that a lot of young people said they would support Alhaji Abubakar because he has a good agenda for the youth and knows how to create jobs. Senator Saraki lashed out at the APC, saying instead of them to keep quiet and move on, they said he went on the trip as his aide.

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