I exposed Atiku’s sleaze so Nigerians won’t vote for him, says whistleblower

I exposed Atiku’s sleaze so Nigerians won’t elect an unfit President

By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor

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“As I stated in my affidavit, my boss wasn’t the kind of man I could call randomly because he was always busy and most times his phone is not with him.

“So initially I had to record those calls so that I could play back instructions without having to revert to him and bother his schedule.”

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Michael Achimugu, former aide to Atiku Abubakar now his whistleblower, says he exposed the corruption allegation against the presidential candidate so Nigerians would have full knowledge it will be a “great mistake” to vote for him.

Atiku’s voice is heard in a recorded phone call that he was involved in siphoning federal contracting expenditures. Neither Atiku nor his surrogates have denied the voice on the leaked tape is not his.

The viral audio shared by Achimugu narrated  how Atiku took charge of setting up onshore entities to siphon huge sums of money from public works contracts for himself and former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

“You see, what happened was when we came into the office, I advised the President [Obasanjo] against open corruption. I told him ‘Give me three people you trust and I will prepare three companies for which they will be the subscribers or rather the directors,” Aiku was heard saying.

“So if there is any contract that we will give they will act as consultants and then they are given a fee and that fee is what we will now use to fund the party instead of engaging openly.

“So he gave me the name[s] of (Oyewole) Fasawe, Andy Uba, and this late politician from Borno State whom he said died in a plane crash to serve as fronts. I now incorporated companies and put them as subscribers. One of the companies was Marine Float.”

PDP Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) spokesman Dino Melaye denied on Channels Television last week that Achimugu was a media aide to Atiku and is being sponsored by All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu to cause distraction.

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Achimugu stands his ground

But Achimugu insisted on Television Continental on Wednesday he is motivated to take on Atiku because he wants to educate Nigerians and dissuade them from voting for him, as reported by The PUNCH.

Said he: “There are basically two reasons which I have repeated over and over on social media.

“First is that young persons like myself who served politicians will never again be taken for granted. Second, it is to warn Nigerians and educate them before the elections to prevent them from making the greatest mistake ever.

“If Nigerians think that they have seen corruption before, let them wait until they make the mistake of voting the Atiku family into office.

“After a couple of years, I began to see so many other things within the family. There is this huge dysfunction that doesn’t speak well of the family. It lies behind the façade that people cannot really see.

“But I am a Nigerian, I have children and so do millions of other Nigerians, and I understand that if this is allowed to fester, if this is promoted to Aso Rock, then the entire Nigeria will be shattered.

“So I decided to come out and try and prevent this from happening.”

Achimugu as Atiku’s former henchman

Achimugu said he carried out many assignments for Atiku, his former boss, details of which he could not divulge publicly.

“At first, it was a father-son relationship. We were quite close. Sometimes he would ask me to come over to Dubai to meet with him.

“I have facilitated appointments of other media aides for him. I have secured admissions to schools for him. I have carried out a lot of assignments, some of which I will not be able to speak about on television.

“As I stated in my affidavit, my boss wasn’t the kind of man I could call randomly because he was always busy and most times his phone is not with him.

“So initially I had to record those calls so that I could play back instructions without having to revert to him and bother his schedule.”