Atiku Denies Hiring U.S Lobbyists, Slams APC For ‘Fabricated Stories’

Atiku Abubakar has denied claims of hiring U.S lobbyists to remove President Buhari from office, and further slammed the APC for ‘fabricated stories’.

Atiku denied hiring U.S lobbyists in his lengthy statement, after the Centre for Responsive Politics (CRP) reported this week that he enlisted the services of a U.S lobbying firm to help declare him winner of the election. The report said the firm is expected to “encourage Congress and the executive to forbear from a final declaration and recognition of Nigeria’s February 23, 209 presidential election until outstanding legal challenges to the initial government of Nigeria assertion that incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari was the victor are impartially and independently resolved by the supreme court of Nigeria without political or military influence, intimidation or manipulation.”

However in a press statement issued by Paul Ibe, his spokesperson, Atiku said the entire story is a “total fabrication” from the stable of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC). He described the report as a “total fabrication” by the APC, adding that it “didn’t come as a surprise to us because lying has become their only bragging rights of competence.

The statement added that “since Atiku resisted pressure not to go to court, the APC has been behaving like a cat on hot bricks because the outcome of the 2019 elections has exposed and shattered the facade of their dubious integrity.”

“The APC are behaving nervously like a thief living under the fear of being exposed and shamed; they are now using fake news against Atiku instead of focusing on defending themselves in the court,” the statement read.

“For a party that has broken the worst record in election rigging, the APC doesn’t have any iota of integrity to be taken seriously by anybody.

“Atiku’s court case has become their biggest burden because it exposes their integrity as a sham, and instead of defending their stolen mandate in court, they are now using fake news to divert public attention from the historic electoral heist they have committed against Nigerians.

“No amount of diversionary propaganda and fake news campaign by APC will stop Atiku Abubakar from continuing the court action he started to reclaim the stolen mandate.”