As the general elections draw closer, the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign council (APC PCC) has demanded the immediate arrest of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the presidential candidate of the opposition peoples democratic party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar over the alleged pilferage of the marine float account running into billions of naira.
At a press conference jointly addressed by members of the media directorates in Abuja, the council reiterated the call on Atiku Abubakar to step down from the presidential race over his role in the alleged infraction recently publicised by a whistle-blower, Mr Michael Achimugu.
Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN, Director, Public Affairs and Chief Spokesperson of the group maintained that Atiku lacked the moral latitude to occupy the exalted seat of the presidency based on his alleged role in the saga.
The council maintained that the duo breached the code of conduct for public officers, and committed the offences of conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and money laundering over their alleged role on the marine float account.
The APC PCC enjoined security agencies to recover all monies allegedly stolen from the marine float account by the duo and several other collaborators exposed in the voice note by the whistle blower.
“The issue of the Marine Float Account is not new to Nigerians. In the voice note, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar can be heard boasting that the issue of that account was thoroughly investigated by EFCC, yet then he was smart enough to escape,” the council alleged.
