The Federal Government on Friday said the Peoples Democratic Presidential Candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has questions to answer over the collapse of the Bank PHB. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who briefed State House correspondents at the presidential villa, Abuja, accused the PDP Presidential candidate of benefiting from N156 million slush funds through Claremont Management Services Account on 13th January 2009.
He urged Alhaji Abubakar to explain his involvement in the alleged ‘slush funds’ and the collapse of Bank PHB.
Speaking on Atiku's visit to the United States, Lai Mohammed said the Federal Government was not perturbed over the matter, adding that “If he likes he can stay there and obtain the American Green Card.”
He said though his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Government of President Muhammadu Buhari was not perturbed by Atiku’s US visit, he should hurry back to defend his position in the huge corruption that led to the collapse of the bank.
