The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar will not participate in next week’s campaign in the Washington, DC, USA.
The campaign is to advertise the programme of the PDP and share insights on the future of US-Nigeria relations.
Taking the centre-stage instead is Abubakar’s running mate, Peter Gregory Obi.
Mr. Obi will be a guest at the Center For Strategic & International Studies, CSIS to discuss the PDP’s economic and security objectives, as well as his views on the future of U.S.-Nigeria relations.
The event is scheduled for Tuesday, January 15, 2019.
Established in Washington, D.C., over 50 years ago, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a bipartisan, nonprofit policy research organisation dedicated to providing strategic insights and policy solutions to help decision makers chart a course toward a better world.
Abubakar’s no-show at the event further confirms the suspicion that he has a case to answer in the United States.
Recently, the spokesman of the Buhari campaign, senior lawyer Festus Keyamo said Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has a sealed indictment waiting for him in the US.
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“The day he visits the US, not as a candidate in an election, he will face charges,” Keyamo said.
In 2010, the United States Senate, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations report by the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs revealed that Mr Abubakar had a case to answer in the US.
The committee chaired by Senator Carl Levin also revealed how Mr Abubakar through one of his wives, Jennifer Douglas, illegally transferred over $40 million to offshore accounts.
