Seventy-year-old Atiku is a stupendously rich , and a furiously famous man. Many close to the Turaki of Adamawa will tell you he is a good and generous human being . Atiku is a big splurge . A big -spender Nigerian politician is a darling in our system because money answers many things with my people , especially where millions are hungry and poor. Atiku the politician , businessman and philanthropist , held the position of the VP from 1999 to 2007 on the platform of the PDP when Olusegun Obasanjo was President. Before then , he once ran the customs as deputy director; elected governor of Adamawa State 1998; and before he was sworn in , the PDP selected him to run with Obasanjo as running mate. The party won the election and continued its domination for 16 solid years.
If one man fears an Atiku Presidency, it is his old boss, Obasanjo . Baba has said it many times in public that there is a “halo of corruption” hanging over Atiku ’ s head . If you read Baba ’ s book: “ My Watch” , you will be assured of the former President’ s conviction that Atiku must be feared running Nigeria’ s treasury. Atiku denies that. He said he stumbled on wealth through hard work and luck . He has challenged anyone who has any shred of evidence of his alleged thieving nature to come forward . Nobody has come forward ; but Obasanjo said his evidences are plenteous. “ Take a trip to the US, when you return , then I will keep quiet” , Baba once challenged his friend and co -labourer . Atiku , to the best of our knowledge , may have not taken a trip to the US in about a decade . Who is telling the truth?
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