The African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, declared that the conflicting accounts by the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, OAGF, and the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, over the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, PFIPC, have exposed a government trapped by its own contradictions.
Atiku, who insisted that Tinubu is trapped, said the president should apologize to Nigerians and resign from his position.
In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said the testimony presented by the Central Bank before the House of Representatives fundamentally contradicts the narrative earlier advanced by the Office of the Accountant-General, plunging the Tinubu administration into one of the gravest credibility crises in Nigeria’s democratic history.
He said: “This is where the cover-up appears to begin. One institution denied authorising the opening of the PFIPC accounts and alleged forgery.
“Another, before the representatives of the Nigerian people, stated that the accounts were opened on the directive of the Accountant-General after due process was followed. Both accounts cannot be true.”
Atiku said one can only sympathise with President Tinubu.
According to him: “When two of your most sensitive financial and monetary authorities publicly contradict each other on the same transaction, no serious leader needs a clairvoyant to know that his administration is trapped in a web of deception and a profound crisis of credibility.
“The President cannot continue to watch from the sidelines while his government tears itself apart with conflicting narratives.
“President
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