Contrarily to media reports, Kassim Afegbua, a former Edo state commissioner for information has stated that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar did not hold any meeting with the critical stakeholders of the United States state department as he claimed.
As maintained by Daily Post, Afegbua stated in parts, “this level of dubiety, desperation, boldness, wildness and audacity was unbecoming, to say the least.”
“Some even said that Alhaji Atiku actually travelled under the cover of Governor Aminu Tambuwal’s Diplomatic entourage – what reduction and debasement! Entering into the US under this guise vitiates the headlines we see here on his trip.”
The former commissioner maintained that Atiku’s recent travel to US was based on negotiation entry, just like he did in 2019.
“In deliberate effort to impress his supporters and followers, Atiku Abubakar and his musketeers have again travelled to the US on negotiated entry just like in 2019. This time, he was seen with his musketeers parading empty corridors in photo-ops to impress us back home,” he said.
Afegbua added, “In 2019, he was granted negotiated entry, just like now; this is his leave to create the impression that all was well.”
“Was he indeed barred from entry before now? What were the factors or reasons for his initial ban? Have those issues been addressed? Has he been discharged and acquitted of those allegations? Why this so-called celebration if there are no undertones?”
