"if the country system were to be working, Atiku Abubakar would have be in jail at the moment instead of contesting for presidency" _Festus Keyamo

Spokesperson of the Buhari Campaign Organization, Festus Keyamo, has said that former Vice President, now PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, would have been in jail at the moment and not contesting for presidency, if the ''country's system were to be working''.

Keyamo said this in a statement released on Wednesday. Read below.@arakengetv

IF THE SYSTEM WERE TO BE WORKING BEFORE PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI TOOK OVER IN 2015, ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR WOULD BE IN JAIL BY NOW INSTEAD OF CONTESTING FOR THE PRESIDENCY.

Our attention has been drawn to a statement credited to the Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar disputing the assertion by President Muhammadu Buhari that the system in Nigeria allows corruption to thrive because the system is slow in tackling corruption. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar further blamed President Muhammadu Buhari for perceived failure in addressing some instances of ‘corrupt practices’ under his watch.

Let us recollect Atiku Abubakar that he is one of the greatest beneficiaries of the failed system in tackling corruption that was in place before President Muhammadu Buhari took over in 2015. We know he is aware of this, hence his latest diatribe against President Muhammadu Buhari amounts to nothing but disgusting grandstanding and an attempt to mock the system.

If the system in Nigeria was indeed working, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar would not have acquired substantial shares in INTELS in clear conflict of his duties as a Customs Officer whilst in office. Those shares would have belonged to the Nigerian people by now.

If the system in Nigeria was indeed working, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar would not have run a monopolistic company called INTELS all these years, ripping off the Nigerian people and the Nigerian State before Muhammadu Buhari came and broke that monopoly.

If the system was working, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar would have been prosecuted and jailed for various acts of corruption and abuse of office after he left office as Vice President, some of which are:

(a) For himself and his boss, President Olusegun Obasanjo, granting themselves licenses to build universities as President and Vice President whilst in office in clear breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers. Those Universities would have been probed, seized and transferred to the Nigeria State and the Nigerian people by now.

(b) Laundering slush funds to the United States of America using phony companies, part of which was used to fund his present American University in Adamawa State through which he is also extorting Nigerians through exorbitant fees. It is public knowledge that this indictment is contained in a US Congressional Report that has led to the prosecution and conviction of his accomplices in the US, which are William Jefferson and Siemens. They were convicted under a system that works, whilst he has been walking free in Nigeria and even aspiring to the highest office in the land. It is also public knowledge that his ban from entering the United States was as a result of these indictments.

(c) His indictment and recommendation for prosecution by the Report of the EFCC over the PTDF scandal whilst he was Vice President.

We have also read with keen interest the case filed against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar by some public spirited Nigerians alleging that he never paid his Personal Income Taxes as at when due, yet he wants to ‘get Nigeria working again’. In this regard, we are also challenging Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to publicly display his Personal Income Tax receipts for the 3 years preceding 2018 to show that he did not just run to FIRS in 2018 to pay his backlog of Personal Income Taxes.

For the information of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, President Muhammadu Buhari’s gallant efforts in tackling corruption headlong has led to the conviction of the President’s own party men and ex Governors who served under PDP and for acts they committed whilst in PDP. 703 persons and institutions have been convicted by the EFCC under the watch of President Muhammadu Buhari since 2015. The biggest recoveries of stolen public funds in the history of Nigeria is being carried out by President Muhammadu Buhari. These recoveries were made from principally his party men who now wish to lead Nigeria with him. Some of these recoveries/seizures/forfeitures (interim and final) are:

(a) 407 Mansions since 2015.
(b) N794 Billion, over $261 Million Dollars, 1.1 Million Pounds Sterling, 8.1 Million Euros,
(c) 259 Automobiles.
(d) A fully functional hospital, St. Solomon Health Care Centre at 24, Adeniyi Jones Street, Ikeja Lagos e.t.c.

There are so many other instances too numerous to mention. These are a world apart from the few instances of the reluctant fight against corruption that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar claimed happened under his watch as Vice President. During his time, there was a competition for corruption between himself, his boss and public officers.

We also urge the PDP to stop making wild, unsubstantiated allegations of corruption without a modicum of proof. We have no time to respond to any allegation by the PDP without the backing of some kind of document or proof. When we see some scintilla of proof, we shall respond appropriately. And that is how we have treated the recent allegation of acquisition of shares in Etisalat and Keystone Bank by some supposed ‘family members’ of the President. No name was mentioned and no document was shown.

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar latest adventure in trying to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in matters of integrity with President Muhammadu Buhari is a political suicide mission from which we thought his handlers would have tried to steer him away. But alas! They have decided to test the waters. Locally and internationally President Muhammadu Buhari stands several miles away from Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in matters of integrity. When the President used all his life in public office building a reputation and a name, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar used all his life in public office to build mansions and acquire personal wealth. Now Judgment Day has come when the credential needed by the Nigerian people for the highest office are not the buildings and wealth but the simple quality of integrity.

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar cannot eat his cake and have it.

Thank you.

FESTUS KEYAMO, SAN, FCIArb (UK)
Director of Strategic Communications (Official Spokesperson)
President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organization. 

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Learn From My Father's Mistakes - Baba Sala's Son

The son of Nigeria’s foremost legendary entertainer who passed on this week, Moses Adejumo popularly known as Baba Sala, Emmanuel Adejumo has urged Nigerians to learn from the mistakes and achievements of his father. Adejumo said Baba Sala was a hardworking man who contributed his quota to the development of the movie industry in Nigeria. 

    According to the son of the comedy legend, one of the greatest mistakes that befell his father while alive and active is the misfortune of piracy that crippled him financially. “My dad was strong till he died. 



       He died of old age and nothing was wrong with him, health-wise. My dad was well known in the movie industry and I urge actors to learn from his achievements in the industry as a comedian. Actors should also be careful of piracy, because it is an evil menace that is stunting the growth of the industry,” he said. 

   Adejumo said furthermore that Baba Sala died in his house at Ilesha, Osun State, on Sunday night after his supper. “My dad passed on out of old age and not sickness. He was a very active person, someone who loved his job so much and knew what he wanted. 

 He has finally gone to rest with the Lord and I pray that he should rest in peace,” he said. Baba Sala alongside acts like Jaguar and Zebrudaiah ruled Nigeria’s comic industry, touring towns and featuring on NTA which was the main television station in the country through the 80’s to the early 90’s.

Alaafin of Oyo's twins rock Arabic attires as they arrive Saudi Arabia

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Olori Memumat Adeyemi and Olori Badirat Adeyemi, the young wives of Alaafin of Oyo,Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, have arrived in Saudi Arabia for pilgrimage. 

The queens who recently delivered twins a few days apart, arrived in Medina with their two set of twins who were dressed in style. Ara Blog had reported that the two sets of twins who were born in February were named on the same day.

Princess Iradat Adetoun and Princess Hamidat Adedayo are the twing girls Olori Memunat gave birth to, while Prince Mubarak Adedamola and Prince Hammed Adeleye are the twin boys Olori Badirat gave birth.

In the photos shared from Saudi Arabia on Olori Memunat's page, the twin girls were seen dressed in white Arabic attires, while the twin boys were decked up in denim shirt and black pants.

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The royal princes were also spotted dressed like the little Alhajis they are. See photos below:

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Muslims around the world are preparing for the upcoming Sallah day celebration which is set to take place on Wednesday, August 22.

Hajj is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca which is known as the holy city to Muslims. It is a mandatory religious rite that Muslims who are physically and financially capable must carry out atleast once in their lifetime. 

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