The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has asked former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, to provide evidence backing his claims that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, bribed opposition parties with N50m.
Newspot recalls that Atiku made the claims recently while speaking as a panelist at a national conference in Abuja.
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 general election warned that Nigeria’s democracy would be at risk if the alleged practice continued.
Responding to the allegation in a statement on Thursday, APGA’s Publicity Secretary, Ejimofor Opara, dared Atiku to provide concrete evidence to support his claim.
Opara slammed the ex-VP for spreading unfounded rumours that served to heat the polity.
“APGA is compelled to respond to the baseless allegation made by former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, claiming that the ruling APC is buying over opposition parties with N50 million.
“We condemn this assertion in the strongest terms, as it is without any proof or substance. It is unfortunate that Atiku has resorted to spreading unfounded rumours, which only serve to heat up the polity and undermine the country’s democratic process.
“If indeed Atiku’s interest is to strengthen Nigeria’s democracy, we urge him to provide specific details of the opposition parties that have collected the said N50 million. It’s time for him to put up or shut up!”
“We, therefore, challenge Atiku to mention names, provide evidence, and substantiate his claims. Anything short of this is mere political grandstanding, which will not be taken seriously by Nigerians,” the statement read.
