I will fight corruption if I become president - Atiku

I will fight corruption if I become president -
Atiku

- Former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar,
challenges those accusing him of being
corrupt to provide evidence to back their
claims against him

- The APC chieftain accuses his political
enemies of selling the idea that he is corrupt
to Nigerians

- Atiku says he retired from the Nigeria
Customs Service (NCS) with unblemished
records

Former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, has said he
will shock everyone by fighting corruption like never
before if he ever gets the chance to become
president of Nigeria.

Atiku made the statement on Monday, September 11,
during a facility tour of the new ultra-modern Yaliam
Press Limited in Jabi area of Abuja, The Punch reports.

The former vice-president also challenged those
accusing him of being corrupt to provide evidence to
back their claims.

In a statement released by his media office, the APC
chieftain accused his political enemies of selling the
idea that he is corrupt to Nigerians, despite the fact
that he had not been convicted of corruption by any
court in the land or elsewhere.

He said: “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.”

“People who are bereft of ideas about
entrepreneurial spirit always think that everyone
else is a thief just like them.

“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.”

Atiku said he retired from the Nigeria Customs
Service with unblemished records and challenged
anyone with evidence that he stole a kobo at the
customs or during his tenure as vice-president to
confront him with evidence.

“If Atiku is a thief merely because of his
resourcefulness and successful investments, my
political enemies should tell Nigerians the sources of
their own stupendous wealth," he stated.


He said his vast experiences both in the public and
private sectors and his ability to build a team capable
of accomplishing the task has equipped him to fight
corruption.

“I will shock everyone because I believe that I will
fight corruption like never before,” he noted

Meanwhile, former deputy director of the Buhari
Presidential Campaign Council, Mohammed Lawal,
claimed that former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, was plotting trouble for President Muhammadu
Buhari since 2015.

Newlanded gathered that Lawal said that it was a common knowledge that Atiku was bitter after he
lost the All Progressives Congress primary election to
Buhari.

Lawal, who was reacting to Atiku's claim that he was
sidelined after he helped Buhari into power, said that
Atiku's claim was untrue and that he contributed
nothing to Buhari's emergence as president, The
Nation reports.