Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has rebuked talk that he corruptly enriched himself while in government and in the civil service with the Nigeria Customs Service for twenty years.
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The 70-year-old, who appears not to have given up on his ambition to preside over the country’s affairs in a statement released by his media office on Monday , fumed over negative perception of him, adding he was a shrewd businessman.
The statement reads in part, “It is sickening to continue to regurgitate allegations of corruption against me by people who have failed to come forward with a single shred of evidence of my misconduct while in office.
“People who are bereft of ideas about entrepreneurial spirit always think that everyone else is a thief just like them.
“If Atiku is a thief merely because of his resourcefulness and successful investments, my political enemies should tell Nigerians the sources of their own stupendous wealth.”
