The Federal Government has said the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, would be questioned when he returns from his trip to the United States.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Friday while addressing State House Correspondents.
According to him, the government would investigate Atiku’s alleged role in the collapse of former Bank PHB.
The investigation, the minister said, was as a result of fresh evidence that Atiku benefitted from slush funds that led to the collapse of Bank PHB.
Mohammed stated that the government has in its possession “paper trail which shows how he benefitted.
“It started from an internal memo dated 13 January 2009 asking that a draft in favour of Atiku Abubakar of 156 million should be raised,” he said.
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He, however, stressed that his claim does not imply that the former vice president will be arrested on his return.
The Minister also said that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari was not in any way bothered about Atiku’s America trip.
According to him, Atiku could go ahead to obtain the American green card but that would not stop his defeat in the forthcoming election.
