The Deputy
Director-General (Admin) of the Atiku Campaign Organization, Barr. Tanimu
Turaki SAN, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC).
His release was confirmed by Channels Television on Tuesday.
EMIRATCO recalls that PDP,
had on Monday, warned
that Turaki should be released immediately and unconditionally.
Its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement, said Turaki’s arrest and
detention is part of the grand plot by the Buhari presidency and the All
Progressives Congress (APC) to use state apparatus of power to intimidate PDP
leaders and scuttle PDP’s determination to reclaim its February 23, 2019
Presidential election victory in court.
He
said: “Since the people’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar and the PDP expressed our
unwavering determination to reclaim our victory at the tribunal, being armed
with overwhelming evidence, our leaders have been subjected to escalated
harassments, constant threats, blackmails, cajoling and contrivances by the APC
to drop our legal option.
“It
is instructive to state that Tanimu Turaki was arrested and detained upon
invitation by the EFCC to endorse a bail document for the Finance Director of
Atiku Abubakar’s company, Babalele Abdullahi, who was arrested earlier by the
commission over flimsy allegations.”
