Mambilla: Atiku reacts to allegation of collecting $500,000 bribe to award Sunrise contract
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar, has finally reacted to allegations that he collected a $500,000 bribe in 2023, allegedly through his ex-wife, Jennifer Douglas, in connection with the infamous Mambilla Power Project fraud amounting to $6 billion. In a statement by his spokesperson, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said […] Mambilla: Atiku…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has responded to allegations that he received a $500,000 bribe to award the Sunrise Power contract for the Mambilla Power Project. According to his spokesperson, Phrank Shaibu, the allegations come from Nigeria's ruling political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). The APC claims that Atiku's ex-wife, Jennifer Douglas, received the money through a Castle Investments Limited payment.
The controversy stems from Nigeria's defeat of Sunrise Power at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) regarding the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project in Taraba State. The APC has called on Atiku to step down from the 2027 presidential race, alleging that he abused his office to secure the contract. Atiku denies these claims, stating that the APC has manipulated the tribunal award to create a false impression of guilt.
He challenges the APC to prove the existence of a bribe, the involvement of Atiku in a corrupt conspiracy, or the specific portion of the final award where the tribunal found him guilty of accepting a bribe. Atiku argues that the APC is fabricating a verdict by inserting words and conclusions into the international arbitral award that the arbitrators themselves did not provide.
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