Rebuild Nigeria International Forum has held that allegations of corruption against former Vice-President and 2019 Presidential hopeful, Waziri Atiku Abubakar by certain political opportunists were demeaning, false and a wicked intention of truncating the ambition of a worthy servant leader whose major drive is the emancipation of the generality of Nigerians from poverty and the hitherto inextricable hold of selfish leaders.
This was contained in a statement on behalf of the forum by its Director of Operations, Mr. Tayo Phillips made available to newsmen recently.
The group also vehemently opposed the rumour in the mills that claimed that Atiku was shying away from travelling to the US for fear of reprimand on corruption.
“It is the height of wickedness and jungle politicking for anyone to peddle that Atiku had not travelled to the US because he was afraid of facing corruption charges. Within and outside the country, Atiku had maintained a clean slate and we want to reiterate that he had not found it necessary to be globetrotting in recent times because of his patriotism to a country he had helped to build during his political career and which he also had to stay and help salvage from the hands of bad leaders”, the statement read.
” It should also not be forgotten that Atiku was frontal to the establishment of the nation’s number one anti-graft agency, the EFCC, having being the person that brought its template from Brazil, and we wonder how some individuals could ever think that a man who did his all to ensure accountability and good governance could be corrupt”, the statement added.
