Tinubu mastermind behind naira crunch, Atiku/Okowa campaign organization claims

By Leon Usigbe, Abuja

The Atiku/Okowa presidential campaign organization on Friday blamed the country’s current cash crisis on All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing him as the real enemy of Nigerians.

This is stated in a statement issued by campaign spokesman Kola Ologbondiyan in response to the APC flag bearer’s claim that his PDP counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, is an enemy of the people because of his advice to the federal government not to extend deadline for currency swap.

Recall that the former vice president had instead called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to review its current circulation strategy to make cash more available to Nigerians.

In Friday’s statement, the Atiku/Okowa campaign organization insisted that “Tinubu is the mastermind of the new naira notes that caused the people to suffer untold hardships ever known in our national history.”

The campaign warned Nigerians of “a high-level criminal racket through which Tinubu allegedly sabotaged the system and intercepted and diverted millions of new naira notes intended for distribution to Nigerians for his selfish ‘Emilokan’ purposes.”

The statement added: “It is indeed despicable that Tinubu, knowing that he has been exposed as criminally responsible for the corrosive money crisis on Nigerians, is attempting to divert public attention from his heinous crime by criticizing Atiku Abubakar’s widely acclaimed patriotic call for the extension of the currency swap term

“Our campaign challenges the APC presidential candidate to come clean about allegations that he used his various criminal Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) companies and fraudulent officials in some APC-led states to intercept and dispose of cash at the expense of of millions of Nigerians.

“Desperate to cover his tracks, Tinubu, in his element, as the Nigerian ‘Artful Dodger’, mounted a smear campaign against the federal government over the scarcity of the naira, secretly intercepting and diverting the notes for its selfish use. .

“It is despicable that the Tinubu campaign will be involved in the activities responsible for the scarcity of the naira, from which Nigerians suffer untold suffering, but he mounts the soap box to give the impression that he is the champion of the people . .

“It is also concerning that the person who claims to be concerned about the plight of the Nigerians is actually the one responsible for their misery and at the same time inciting them to revolt.

“In any case, we are not surprised that the APC presidential candidate could be involved in such alleged shady activities against Nigerians, given his reputation as a “precious metal van” politician and his long track record of alleged fraud, including the reported looting of Lagos -assets. as narcotics trafficking for which he was convicted and forced to forfeit the sum of $460,000 to the United States.

“Our campaign urges Tinubu to admit the frustration Nigerians are currently facing and to stop shedding his usual crocodile tears.

“Furthermore, it is clear that the Tinubu campaign has taken this despicable path in its desperation to incite Nigerians, create a crisis and position Tinubu as the liberator.

“Nigerians are unaware that Tinubu has flatly refused to advise this government on the negatives of its policies just because he (Tinubu) did not want it to enable him to appear as a messiah.

“It is absurd that Tinubu prioritized his ambition over the well-being of more than 200 million Nigerians on whose behalf Atiku Abubakar appealed to the Federal Government to improve the situation and ensure that the new naira notes are made available to the people.

“Nigerians have nothing but pity for the APC presidential candidate as all his machinations to defame Atiku Abubakar have always failed in the face of the truth.

“Our campaign recommends that Tinubu immediately make confessions, offer restitution and ask forgiveness from Nigerians.

“It is instructive for Tinubu to also accept the reality of his defeat on February 25, as Nigerians have reached a consensus on the election of PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar who is ready to provide the solutions to our national challenges.”