{"id":59718,"date":"2017-09-26T17:25:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T16:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=59718"},"modified":"2017-09-26T17:25:14","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T16:25:14","slug":"dont-criminal-case-atiku-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/dont-criminal-case-atiku-us\/","title":{"rendered":"We Don\u2019t Have Criminal Case Against Atiku \u2013 US\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The United States Department of Justice has denied having any record that indicates that Nigeria\u2019s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has a pending lawsuit in the US, reports\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_246752515\"><span class=\"aQJ\">SUNDAY<\/span><\/span>\u00a0PUNCH.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In an email to our correspondent\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_246752516\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Friday<\/span><\/span>, a spokesperson for the US DOJ, Peter Carr said, \u201cThank you for reaching out to us. I have checked the public court records, and they do not show cases filed against a defendant named Atiku Abubakar.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This was stated as a response to\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_246752517\"><span class=\"aQJ\">SUNDAY<\/span><\/span>\u00a0PUNCH\u2019s request for information on whether Abubakar is wanted in the US in connection with any issue of money laundering.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The mail also asked the department to confirm whether Abubakar has been banned from entering the US and if there is any court case against him concerning the Halliburton scandal which resulted in the conviction of a US lawmaker, William Jefferson.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Asked if it is true that the ex-vice president (now a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress) was banned from entering the US, the American official said the issue was confidential.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said, \u201cVisa issues are confidential under Section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. If your question is specifically about entry \u2013 not about visas per se \u2013 I would refer you to the US Customs and Border Protection.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Last week, Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, had implied that Abubakar was avoiding a visit to the US because he might be charged with a case of money laundering.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He reacted to Abubakar\u2019s interview which he granted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission\u2019s quarterly publication, Zero Tolerance, where he had accused the Kaduna governor of corruption by offering him Transcorp\u2019s shares.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Punch Newspapers (November 20, 2016.)<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Department of Justice has denied having any record that indicates that Nigeria\u2019s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has a pending lawsuit in the US, reports\u00a0SUNDAY\u00a0PUNCH. 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