APC Allege Moves By OBJ To Secure USA Visa For Atiku

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reached out to United States authorities to lift traveled ban allegedly placed on  Alhaji  Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP).
The claim is coming on the heels of Thursday’s endorsement of the former Vice President by his former boss, action that has drawn the ire of the ruling party and their sympathizers.
APC Acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, in a statement on Friday said the party has stumbled on a credible information confirming moves by Obasanjo  to secure USA visa for his ex lieutenant.

The statement alleged that Atiku was allegedly barred from entering the USA over money laundering claim involving his his wife, Jennifer, among under unsubstantiated claims.
The.party also lambasted Obasanjo, saying the intervention is in keeping with
his “legendary hypocrisy and self-serving interest in national affairs”.
The statement read; We have come across credible reports that former President Olusegun Obasanjo has made moves to secure United States entry visa for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alh. Atiku Abubakar, whose candidacy he endorsed on Thursday.
“It is learnt that  the former President who during and after leaving office insisted on Atiku’s unsuitability to govern Nigeria based on his knowledge of the latter’s extensive corrupt practices while he served as Vice President, is lobbying US authorities to withdraw the ban reportedly placed on Atiku from entering the United States following a 2005 $500,000 bribery scandal that involved Atiku, his fourth wife, Jennifer and former United States Congressman, William Jefferson.
“Recall that the former president while in office had deployed enormous resources of the country on a global dragnet coordinated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in getting Atiku prosecuted for corrupt enrichment and money laundering.
“A report by the United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, chaired by Senator Carl Levin reported that  Atiku used offshore companies to siphon millions of dollars to his fourth wife in the United States, Jennifer while still the vice president of Nigeria between 2000 and 2008.
“The report further stated that then President Bush had on the strength of his report, barred Atiku and other corrupt politically exposed persons from being issued visa to the United States, a reason for which he has been unable to travel to the United States till date.”