Instead of subsiding, the controversy generated by the citizenship of the Presidential Candidate of the People Democratic Party, keeps on raging as a fresh document filed by the APC at the election tribunal by a man, who claims to be a close friend of Garba Abubakar, Atiku’s late father, alleged that neither of his parents was a Nigerian.

According to a report by The Nation Newspaper, the unnamed family friend, in fresh documents filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, also gave details of Atiku’s early years and how his father died.

APC had in a petition filed at the election tribunal claimed that it possessed evidence to support its claim, the party alleged that because Atiku is not a Nigerian by birth, he was not qualified, under Section 131(a) of the Constitution to contest for the office of President.

Atiku in a response to the APC, said he was a Nigerian by birth because his parents were Nigerians.

But, in a statement filed by an APC witness, simply identified with the initials – ADM – the party repudiate Atiku’s claim.

Read more: https://thebelltimesng.com/2019/04/29/atiku-father-died-as-a-citizen-of-northern-cameroon-not-nigeria-apc/