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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has denied a report that the<\/div>\n
\n
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), an agency of the U.S.
\nDepartment of Treasury, placed him and his family members under close
\nwatch over alleged financial fraud.<\/p>\n

Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
\nin 2019 general elections, gave the clarification in a statement issued
\nby his Media Aide, Paul Ibe, in Abuja on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Ibe said his principal\u2019s attention had been drawn to recycled and
\nregurgitated lies about the person of Abubakar.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the avoidance of doubt, Atiku Abubakar is not under any U.S. watch
\nlist, neither has he been charged, or will ever be charged by the US
\nJustice Department or any other in a foreign jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be recalled that these recycled lies were re-unearthed just
\nbefore the Feb. 23, 2019 Presidential election, and to put paid to it,
\nAbubakar applied for and received a U.S. visa, whereupon he embarked on
\na visit to the US on Jan. 17, 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe stayed at a hotel just miles to the United States Department of
\nJustice.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbubakar in the course of that trip was also received in audience by
\nofficials of the United States Government,\u201d Ibe said.<\/p>\n

He said that the news reports were a desperate gambit to recast these
\ndiscredited accusations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are meant to divert the attention of Nigerians from the recent
\nstatement by the Secretary of State of the United States, Mr Mike
\nPompeo, announcing visa and travel bans for certain unnamed but
\nnotorious individuals.<\/p>\n

\u201cMoreover, the timing of this report, less than 24 hours after the Edo
\nstate gubernatorial elections, should give some thought to thinking
\npeople.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd considering the season that we are in, more of such jaundiced
\nstories seeking to discredit Abubakar would come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ibe reiterated that Abubakar and every member of his family kept a clean
\nbusiness portfolio that had nothing to do with government resources and
\nin conformity with local and foreign laws of respective countries.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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