The presidential candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has denied the purported disbursement of grants to unsuspecting
Nigerians by his campaign organisation.
He therefore urged the public to discountenance communication and refrain
from participating in any online scheme that is aimed at defrauding innocent
Nigerians, with the ulterior motive to embarrass the presidential campaign.
Atiku made this known in a statement on Thursday in
Abuja through his campaign organisation.
He said: “The attention of the Atiku Presidential
Campaign Organisation has been drawn to an on-going scheme that purports to
disburse grants to unsuspecting Nigerians.
“Information available to us reveal that the scheme
code-named ‘Atiku Grant Disbursement Programme’ (see linkbit.ly/2NP4vup) is
asking unsuspecting members of the public to contribute a certain amount of
money which will be multiplied for them after they have downloaded a particular
social media application.”
The former vice president therefore disclaimed the
scheme and any other in such manner, noting that his campaign organisation was
not in any way involved with the scheme or any other in such manner and neither
did it give a proxy authorisation.
He added: “The campaign organisation also wishes to
inform the public that the official/verified social media handles of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of
the PDP and former Vice President of Nigeria remains the following:
www.atiku.org (Blog); www.facebook.com/atiku.org (Facebook); www.twitter.com/atiku
(Twitter); www.instagram.com/aatiku
(Instagram).
“The public is therefore put on notice to
discountenance communication that did not emanate from any of these social
media accounts and to refrain from participating in any online scheme that is
aimed at defrauding innocent Nigerians, with the ulterior motive to embarrass
the presidential campaign of Atiku Abubakar.”
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