Politics
INEC Speaks On Receiving $1m, House In Dubai From Atiku
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied receiving $1m from the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.
A report which trended on social media on Monday read in part, “Breaking News: I rejected Atiku’s $1m bribe plus a house in Dubai – Adamawa REC”.
But INEC, in a statement on its Facebook page, denied reports Atiku had compromised the elections in his home state of Adamawa.
The commission added that the former vice president never offered the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the State, Kashim Gaidam, $1m or a house in Dubai.
The electoral body urged Nigerians to ignore such reports, stating that INEC REC did not receive any offer from Atiku.
The post read: “FAKE NEWS ALERT: The Adamawa INEC REC completely disassociates himself from the allegation that he had an offer of $1m and a house in Dubai as no offer whatsoever was ever made to him by anyone.”
The INEC REC, who threatened court action against those behind the news, emphasised that he had never met Atiku in his life.
“I’ve never had any contact with Atiku all my life. I can state without fear of contradiction that Atiku probably does not know how I look, because I’ve never met him personally, all my life. I was shocked to read what was credited to me by some unscrupulous persons,” he said.
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