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The Presidency has branded the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, ‘Diverter-in-Chief’ for dodging journalists’ questions on the alleged $500,000 Mambilla project bribe.

In a statement by the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Friday, the Presidency said Atiku is taking Nigerians for buffoons.

It said Atiku was at his evasive best, avoiding comment on his indictment in Paris by the International Chamber of Commerce, ICC, over the alleged illegal Mambilla Hydro Power Project contract.

The Presidency alleged that Atiku and former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye, awarded the contract to Sunrise Power without authorisation from the Federal Executive Council and President Olusegun Obasanjo.

It claimed that, according to evidence at the hearings, Atiku collected a $500,000 bribe from Sunrise and its promoter, Leno Adesanya, to approve the contract.

According to the Presidency, the money was sent in tranches to the US Citibank account of Atiku’s former wife, Jennifer Douglas, triggering red flags at Citibank and appearing, among other things, in the US Senate investigation into Atiku’s corruption and money laundering.


“A man who cares about his integrity and wants to offer himself for leadership ought to address the integrity issue first, but instead, he used his so-called world press conference to speak about his newfound campaign mantra, his pro-petrol subsidy stance.

“He also attacked the Tinubu administration, claiming it plans to withdraw electricity subsidies. The Power Minister, Joseph Tegbe, has already debunked that lie. But Atiku doesn’t care a hoot. He must weaponise everything in his desperation for power.

“Atiku, the diverter-in-chief, takes Nigerians for buffoons, thinking that his crimes against the Nigerian people do not matter. Nigerians should not be deceived: Atiku does not have the people’s interests at heart. He cares more about himself.

“Nigerians should also consider what was at stake for the public treasury if Atiku’s allies succeeded in Paris.

“Sunrise and Leno Adesanya would have walked away in Paris with $3.38 billion, including the $680 million settlement sum and interest, plus a claim of $2.7 billion as compensation and interest associated with the non-development of the Mambilla Hydro Power Project.

“A politician who aspires to lead Nigeria must be willing to answer questions about his integrity. Atiku should respond to the $500,000 bribe directly rather than divert public attention with unsupported allegations against the government,” the Presidency said in the statement.

TimeManager:
Atiku and corruption is like a fish inside water. The sword of Harliburton scandal is still dangling over his head, little did we know he his insatiable greed had crept into Mambilla scandal. When Nigerians complain about epileptic power, Atiku has always been weapon fashioned against Nigerian steady power supply.

Nigeria has moved past the days of darkness, Atiku will never again happen to Nigeria.

#NoVacancyInAsoRock

-Kiss the truth!

helinues:
Honestly, that's insensitive from Atiku. Is he supporting corruption or what?

TimeManager:
Bro, haven't you read how his boss OBJ described his corrupt proclivity?. Atiku doesn't only support corruption, he is an embodiment of corruption.

The US Congress had a full report on his corruption case which was submitted to OBJ but for politics, he decided to throw it under the carpet.

#NoVacancyInAsoRock

-Kiss the truth!

helinues:
Atiku has really been struggling to be political relevant lately but unfortunately for him, he just keep on scoring own goals

TimeManager:
More like politically desperate. The last kick of a dying horse.

#NoVacancyInAsoRock

-Kiss the truth!

TimeManager:
Atiku and corruption is like a fish inside water. The sword of Harliburton scandal is still dangling over his head, little did we know his insatiable greed had also crept into Mambilla scandal. When Nigerians complain about epileptic power, Atiku has always been a weapon fashioned against Nigerian's steady power supply. And if the arbitration had gone against Nigeria, then a bunch of corrupt Atiku, Malami along with their cronies would have shared a whooping $2.7 billion amongst themselves.

Nigeria has moved past the days of darkness, Atiku will never again happen to Nigeria.

#NoVacancyInAsoRock

-Kiss the truth!

Ofunaofu:
Report: Current Govt Added More Debt in Two Years Than Nigeria Accumulated in 55 Years

• Decries Nigeria’s debt service-to-revenue ratio

•Urges FG to declare fiscal emergency

A new policy brief has warned that Nigeria’s worsening debt profile and weak revenue generation have pushed the country into a dangerous fiscal position, with the current administration accumulating more debt in two years than Nigeria recorded during its first 55 years after independence.

The report, released by the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics LTD/GTE, a Nigerian policy think tank, argued that the country’s debt crisis has evolved into a governance and revenue emergency, as debt servicing obligations now exceed the federal government’s retained earnings.
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According to the think tank, Nigeria’s public debt rose sharply from N87.38 trillion in June 2023 to N159.28 trillion by the end of 2025, with President Bola Tinubu’s administration accounting for about N65.9 trillion of the increase within its first two years in office.

The organisation in the brief titled: “Nigeria Is Borrowing to Breathe—and the Clock Is Ticking”, noted that Nigeria accumulated only about N12.06 trillion in debt from independence in 1960 up to 2015, meaning the current administration added more than five times that amount in just 24 months.

The report stated that while previous governments also contributed significantly to the country’s rising debt burden, the speed of accumulation under the current administration had intensified concerns over fiscal sustainability.

“President Bola Tinubu’s administration has added a further N65.9 trillion in just two years. To put that in perspective: it took Nigeria’s first 55 years of independence to accumulate N12 trillion in debt. The current administration has added more than five times that amount in 24 months,” it argued.

It recalled that Nigeria briefly became almost debt-free externally after the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo secured an $18 billion Paris Club debt relief package in 2005 and paid $12 billion to extinguish about $30 billion in external obligations.


https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/05/22/report-current-govt-added-more-debt-in-two-years-than-nigeria-accumulated-in-55-years/

emkz:
No. Atiku is Receiver-in-Chief.
Phrank Shaibu, Paul Ibe, Kenneth Okonkwo, Dele Momodu, Timi Frank, David Hundeyin, Rotimi Amaechi;
Why exactly did Mrs Jennifer Douglas receive money from a firm linked to Sunrise Power before Sunrise received a contract 7 days before the end of Obasanjo's first term, a day after Obasanjo explicitly rejected the memo for the contract award?
Why was Atiku receiving money from a company they claimed was a BDC and had links to a company to develop Mambilla? Does that story make sense to you in Atiku's camp?

Racoon:
Festus Keyamo Defends Tinubu From Drug Trafficking, Says Tinubu Mistakenly Shared Flats With Drug Lords

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo, has distanced the All Progressive Congress presidential candidata, Bola Tinubu, from being a drug baron who was involved in the traffic of narcotics in the United States.

Keyamo, who also doubles as APC Presidential Campaign spokesperson, noted that the former governor of Lagos State only shared a block of flat with drug barons about 30 years ago in the US.

His reaction is coming following documents of a Chicago District Court indicting and convicting Tinubu of drug dealings and money laundering in 1993.

The document which emerged online two days ago, described APC standard-bearer as a drug baron, adding that Tinubu entered a plea bargain, leading to the forfeiture of his assets to US authorities in 1993

It was also pointed out that Tinubu forfeited the sum of $460, 000 dollars in his bank account at First Heritage Bank to the US government.

Speaking on Wednesday on Channels TV, Mr Keyamo dismissed such claims, insisting that Tinubu was linked to drug peddlers who were his neighbours.

He said: “What happened was that Tinubu went to open an account. The address which he used in opening the account was the address used by these people. I think some blocks of flats. Maybe, he was happy to be in that block of flats too.

“So, they now link it that the other people they were investigating for narcotics are in the same address used by Asiwaju to open that account.’’

https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/313805/festus-keyamo-defends-tinubu-from-drug-trafficking-says-tin.html

 
U.S. court judgement indicts Tinubu for drug trafficking

https://www.google.com/amp/s/businessday.ng/amp/news/article/u-s-court-judgement-indicts-tinubu-for-drug-trafficking/

US Court Releases Documents Linking Tinubu to Largescale Drug Peddling


https://fij.ng/article/us-court-releases-documents-linking-tinubu-to-largescale-drug-peddling/

TimeManager:
Atiku and corruption is like a fish inside water. The sword of Harliburton scandal is still dangling over his head, little did we know his insatiable greed had also crept into Mambilla scandal. When Nigerians complain about epileptic power, Atiku has always been a weapon fashioned against Nigerian's steady power supply. And if the arbitration had gone against Nigeria, then a bunch of corrupt Atiku, Malami along with their cronies would have shared a whooping $2.7 billion amongst themselves.

Nigeria has moved past the days of darkness, Atiku will never again happen to Nigeria.

#NoVacancyInAsoRock

-Kiss the truth!

Chucks13:
ThisAtiku go enter jail las las the man too corrupt.

AMINDA:
APC is just embarking on projections to divert attention from Tinubu's third consecutive absence from the UNGA. Atiku has dared them to prove that the tribunal indicted him but they haven't provided any evidence. Just press release after press release. Meanwhile, one man is in court asking the FBI not to release his own records. Tinubu has not stepped foot in America ever since Donald Trump won his re-election.

slivertongue:
This dry and moronic presidency has seen another route to dissipate energy instead of fixing the economy

ogolemati:
there is vacant in aso rock, don't support the old corrupt money bags to use presidency as retirement program.

Chucks13:
ThisAtiku go enter jail las las the man too corrupt.

5 mind-boggling revelations from Obasanjo’s ‘My Watch’

5. Tinubu was one of the most corrupt, of the 36 governors

Obasanjo never got along too well with former Lagos state governor, Bola Tinubu, and unsurprisingly, Tinubu got a mention in the former’s book.

Obasanjo revealed that then EFCC boss, Nuhu Ribadu tried to investigate almost all the state governors during his tenure but that of the 28 confirmed to be manifestly corrupt or tainted one way or the other, Tinubu’s case was one of the worst.

https://encomium.ng/5-mind-boggling-revelations-from-obasanjos-my-watch/

Video: The current state of Ikare–Ogbagi–Irun–Imesi Road a vital federal corridor connecting communities across Akoko land in Ondo State to Ekiti State and other parts of South West Nigeria. pic.twitter.com/MkR54FuYgC

— Káyọ̀dé Ògúndámisí 🇳🇬 (@ogundamisi) August 31, 2026

givedemwotowoto:

“This is how the Benin–Asaba Expressway looks yesterday, Thursday, August 20, 2026. Look at how cars and trailers are stuck because of the bad road. Mr Peter Obi advised the APC to start fixing existing roads, but instead, they are att@cking him. Instead of Dave Umahi focusing on… pic.twitter.com/k3V0eCNOo8

— CHUKS 🍥 (@ChuksEricE) August 21, 2026

favor914:
Atiku Abubakar is a Validated Thief, don’t try & change the narrative.

anonimi:
Will Tinubu enter hell for being the most corrupt

What has he done to our subsidy savings if he is borrowing more than previous presidents and unable to pay salaries, unable to pay pension, unable to pay contractors and unable to fix bad roads?


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Nigeria: Corruption - Kalu, Tinubu Can't Escape -Ribadu

19 FEBRUARY 2007

Daily Champion (Lagos)

Lagos — ABIA State governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu and his Lagos State counterpart, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu would not escape justice but would be made to face the full wrath of the law following their recent indictment for alleged corruption by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Chairman of the commission Mallam Nuhu Ribadu who made the vow yesterday said the duo must account for their stewardship and may be thrown out of office.

https://allafrica.com/stories/200702190245.html

Video: The current state of Ikare–Ogbagi–Irun–Imesi Road a vital federal corridor connecting communities across Akoko land in Ondo State to Ekiti State and other parts of South West Nigeria. pic.twitter.com/MkR54FuYgC

— Káyọ̀dé Ògúndámisí 🇳🇬 (@ogundamisi) August 31, 2026

What Tinubu and APC can’t destroy does not exist.
11 years of change and 3 years of reform with subsidy removal TWICE along with huge debt cum tax burden on people, why should we have roads worse than when PDP gave us cheap petrol and cheap dollars without piling up debt?

ogolemati:
he should go there with his twin brother

helinues:
Imagine Atiku. Hahaha

Is Atiku defending corruption or what?

Opposition don't mean you should be opposing without any sense

YouandiAllofus:
The guy ticket don cut like this o. O ti lo... Mr. Mikano cannot be our president.
No wonder he wants to restore subsidy on petrol so that people can buy more mikano generator cos they frustrated every efforts made to improve electricity.

Chucks13:
Regular customer na you? You can never make sense that is sure, ndooh!!!
Pls say something maybe it may make a bit of sense...