Atiku gave Speaker Na’Abba ₦5m to impeach me — Obasanjo

Atiku gave Speaker Na’Abba ₦5m to impeach me — Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has alleged that former vice chairman Atiku Abubakar financed an try to impeach him in the course of his first term in workplace by means of supplying ₦5 million to the late Speaker of the house of Representatives, Ghali Na’Abba.

Obasanjo made the allegation at the same time as responding to feedback by means of former Ogun kingdom Governor, Olusegun Osoba, concerning political trends that preceded the 2003 trendy elections.

In a assertion, the previous president claimed that the impeachment move was once orchestrated from in the Presidency and spearheaded by Atiku following a private assembly with Na’Abba.

consistent with Obasanjo, Atiku persuaded the overdue Speaker that he should serve solely one time period as president and encouraged him to provoke impeachment complaints.

“Na’Abba’s impeachment started out on the presidency by the Vice-President, who on a Friday whilst i used to be out of the office, invited Na’Abba to his workplace and convinced him, as he had satisfied himself and a few others but of insignificant number, that I have to have only one time period as President.”

He in addition alleged that Atiku furnished economic backing to kick-start the impeachment procedure.

“at the Friday, Atiku invited Na’Abba; he gave him ₦five million to begin his impeachment work. It was once all mentioned, recorded and said to me via my chief of staff, a expert talent officer.”

Obasanjo maintained that the alleged meeting and financial transaction had been documented and taken to his interest through his chief of workforce, whom he defined as a expert Genius officer.

notwithstanding the alleged plot, the previous president said he used to be not unsettled via the impeachment chance due to the fact he believed there have been no constitutional grounds to dispose of him from office.

The modern declare adds another chapter to the lengthy-strolling political contention among Obasanjo and Atiku, whose courting has remained strained due to the fact they served together in office among 1999 and 2007.