APC Schools Atiku as Ex-VP Promises Contracts to Only Political Allies

• The chief spokesperson of the APC PCC, Festus Keyamo, has knocked Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate again
• Atiku, at a town hall meeting in Abeokuta, promised to award contracts and give appointments to PDP chieftains that win their polling units for him
• Keyamo, while describing Atiku as a leopard that will never change its spots, said the PDP candidate has forgotten the public procurement act that guides the award of contracts

Festus Keyamo, the chief spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council (PCC), has knocked Atiku Abubakar, the presidential standard-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over a promise to award contracts to political allies after poll.

Atiku at a town hall meeting in Abeokuta on Wednesday, January 18, promised that only PDP chieftains who win their polling units for the party will get appointments and contracts under his administration if elected in the forthcoming election.

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The former vice president noted that joining his campaign train is not enough for him to award contracts and give appointments, but party members must work for the victory of the party.

But Keyamo, who has been at loggerheads with Atiku, took to his Twitter page on Thursday, January 19, to condemn the statement of the PDP presidential candidate, reminding him of the law that guides awarding of contracts.

According to the APC chieftain, the major law that guides the awarding of contracts is the public procurement act.

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The senior advocate on his Twitter page said:

"#Atikugate. A leopard cannot change its skin. He is already promising contracts to political allies, forgetting that there is a law called the Public Procurement Act. Mr. SPV!"

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Atiku Gate: Keyamo expresses readiness to be jailed if Atiku wins, gives reason

Legit.ng earlier reported that Festus Keyamo, the spokesperson of the APC PCC, has said he is ready to go to jail if the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, is declared the winner of the 2023 election.

The minister vowed not to back down from his decision to challenge Atiku in court over the corruption allegation and other related offenses leveled against him.

Keyamo is at loggerheads with Atiku over Michael Achimugu's allegation that the ex-vice president used SPV to steal public funds between 1999 and 2007.

Source: Legit.ng