El-Rufai lied on Atiku’s contribution to APC 2015 campaign – APC chieftain

While the contribution of former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, to the All Progressives Congress’ 2015 election is being debated, someone is defending him.

That person is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, who said that Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State lied by saying that former vice president Atiku Abubakar did not make tangible contribution to the 2015 presidential campaign of the ruling party.

El-Rufai, was quoted to have challenged Atiku to mention those who collected his financial contribution to the presidential campaign from him.
Frank, in a statement issued in Abuja, described the governor’s statement as “a height of ingratitude of a jilted lover.”

He implored the Kaduna State governor to refresh his memory by either watching the campaign video or meeting the then Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Rotimi Amaechi, for the record of what transpired before, during and after the campaign in 2015.

He said, “Ameachi has the record of those who contributed to the campaign. So, if El-Rufai does not know, he should contact the Minister of Transportation. Moreover, it is on record that the former vice-president had responsibility for seven states during the campaign.

“Again, it is also on record that Atiku’s media asset was transferred to the campaign. If El-rufai has forgotten so soon, the Director of Media, APC Presidential Campaign Council, Garba Shehu, who is now the spokesman to the President, was handed over to the party campaign team from Atiku Media office, the deputy director of Atiku media team, Mr Paul Ibe, was also part of APC media team during the 2015 campaign and other key members of Atiku’s group. I don’t know how El-Rufai will quantify the cost.

“Moreover, President Muhammadu Buhari, as a President-elect himself acknowledged the role these people played as a group when he met with them at the Defence House in Abuja.”

He advised the governor of Kaduna to stop what he called “his political sycophantic act toward President Buhari” and urged the President to study El-Rufai’s antecedents in politics.

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