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The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has asked the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar to give an account of what happened to $16 billion spent on power while he was the vice president of Nigeria.
Sowore on Friday stated that Nigeria has remained in darkness despite the administration of Olusegun Obasanjo spending $16bn on power.
This is coming after Atiku claimed that Sowore does not know anything about Nigeria because he doesn’t stay in the country.
Atiku further stated that the SaharaReporters Publisher comes every four years to contest for presidency and goes back when he fails.
The PDP presidential candidate stated this during an interview on Arise TV on Friday.
Sowore in his reaction in a post on his Twitter account said it is time for Atiku to quit having tried contesting for the presidency on the different party platforms.
He wrote, “failed to address how $16bn was used to procure darkness” under his regime, which was the question posed to him, but instead said he (Sowore) did not know anything.
“Dear @atiku, I watched a clip of your @ARISEtv interview this morning wherein you were asked about my view on power scam under your regime, you failed to address how $16bn was used to procure darkness instead you claimed ‘he doesn’t even know,’ well these are some things I know: You ran for office for the first time in 1992 as a presidential aspirant of the SDP, I also ran for the post of the SU (Student Union) President of the UNILAG, you lost, I won. You left, I stayed, to deliver democracy to Nigerians.
“I then left for the US in 1999 at the age of 28. You went on to become the VP of Nigeria, you left…
