Festus Keyamo, the spokesman for the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign, has filed a lawsuit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, requesting the prosecution of Atiku Abubakar, the PDP’s Presidential candidate.
In addition, Keyamo is requesting that the Federal High Court order the anti-graft organizations to look into and punish Atiku for the most recent claims brought against him.
Following the expiration of the 72-hour deadline he set forth in a letter dated January 16 addressed to the chairman of the EFCC, ICPC, and CCB, he joined the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Commission and Code of Conduct Bureau in the lawsuit.
This came after several controversial video recordings made by Michael Achimugu, a former adviser to Atiku, that claimed that during Atiku’s time as Vice President between 1999 and 2007, he and ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo plotted to defraud the nation by utilizing what he called “Special Purpose Vehicles.”
In the writ of summons, the plaintiff is seeking, “A declaration of this honourable court that the 1st defendant is under a legal obligation to make available to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th defendants, for the purpose of aiding their investigation, information available to him in respect of a certain bank account belonging to a company named Marine Float and other accounts of two undisclosed companies, which information he disclosed to a certain close aide of his called Michael Achimugu, as to how the said accounts were used as a ‘Special Purpose Vehicles’ to secretly divert and misappropriate public funds between 1999 and 2007 when the 1st defendant served as vice president of Nigeria.
“A declaration of this honourable court that the 1st defendant is under a legal obligation to submit himself to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th defendants for thorough investigation in connection with information available to him in respect of a certain bank account belonging to a company named Marine Float and other accounts of two undisclosed companies, which information he disclosed to a certain close aide of his called Michael Achimugu, as to how the said accounts were used as a ‘Special Purpose Vehicles’ to secretly divert and misappropriate public funds between 1999 and 2007 when the 1st Defendant served as Vice President of Nigeria.
“A declaration of this honourable court that the 2nd, 3rd and 4th defendants are under a legal obligation to invite and/or arrest, investigate and (if found wanting) prosecute the 1st defendant in respect of information available to the 1st defendant in respect of a certain bank account belonging to a company named Marine Float and other accounts of two undisclosed companies, which information he disclosed to a certain close aide of his called Michael Achimugu, as to how the said accounts were used as ‘Special Purpose Vehicles. to secretly divert and misappropriate public funds between 1999 and 2007 when the 1st defendant served as Vice President of Nigeria.
“A mandatory order of this honourable court compelling the 1st defendant to make available to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th defendants, for the purpose of aiding their investigation, information available to him in respect of a certain bank account belonging to a company named Marine Float and other accounts of two undisclosed companies, which information he disclosed to a certain close aide of his called Michael Achimugu, as to how the said accounts were used as a ‘Special Purpose Vehicles’ to secretly divert and misappropriate public funds between 1999 and 2007 when the 1st Defendant served as Vice President of Nigeria”
“A mandatory order of this honourable court compelling the 1st defendant to submit himself to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th defendants for thorough investigation in connection with information available to him in respect of a certain bank account belonging to a company named Marine Float and other accounts of two undisclosed companies, which information he disclosed to a certain close aide of his called Michael Achimugu, as to how the said accounts were used as a ‘Special Purpose Vehicles’ to secretly divert and misappropriate public funds between 1999 and 2007 when the 1st Defendant served as Vice President of Nigeria.
“A mandatory order of this honourable court compelling the 2nd, 3rd and 4th defendants to invite and/or arrest, investigate and (if found wanting) prosecute the 1st defendant in respect of information available to the 1st defendant in respect of a certain bank account belonging to a company named Marine Float and other accounts of two undisclosed companies, which information he disclosed to a certain close aide of his called Michael Achimugu, as to how the said accounts were used as ‘Special Purpose Vehicles’ to secretly divert and misappropriate public funds between 1999 and 2007 when the 1st Defendant served as Vice President of Nigeria.
“Such further order or other orders that this honourable court may make in the circumstance of this case.”
