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I'll Shock Everyone & Fight Corruption Better Than Buhari" - Atiku Abubakar by Nobody: 10:10am On Sep 12, 2017 |
n a statement released by his Media Office in Abuja, former
Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, who spoke during a facility
tour of the new ultra-modern Yaliam Press Limited in Jabi
area of Abuja on Monday, vowed to fight corruption like never
before if given the chance to preside over Nigeria’s affairs.
According to Punch newspaper, the influential APC chieftain
also challenged those he described as his self-righteous
political enemies to either prove his alleged corrupt activities
or keep quiet.
He was quoted as saying, “I would fight corruption like never
before if I'm given the opportunity to preside over the affairs
of the country.”
“It is sickening to continue to regurgitate allegations of
corruption against me by people who have failed to come
forward with a single shred of evidence of my misconduct
while in office,” the former Vice-President said.
He noted that people who lacked initiative, personal
resourcefulness and ideas about wealth creation, “always
assume that a man cannot build himself without stealing.”
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“People who are bereft of ideas about entrepreneurial spirit
always think that everyone else is a thief just like them,”
he said, adding that it was morally offensive for people
who despise honest labour to become judges in the courts
of public opinion.
The Waziri Adamawa explained that though he had not been
convicted of corruption by any court in the land or
elsewhere, his political enemies had been parading a fake
morality to fool gullible Nigerians.
He was equally quoted as saying, “Despite previous
desperate efforts to link me with corruption, the William
Jefferson trial in the United States ended in 2009 without
indicting me or linking me to corrupt activities.”
The former Vice-President said he was well equipped to fight
corruption because of his vast experiences both in the public
and private sectors and his ability to build a team capable of
accomplishing the task.
“I will shock everyone because I believe that I will fight
corruption like never before.”
Atiku recalled that he had pasted a reminder on his bed side
during his training as a Customs officer that he would retire
from any agency if he had not attained the headship of the
place at the age of 40, adding that he was only able to attain
the position of a deputy director before his exit in 1989 to
start a career in business. |
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