{"id":73948,"date":"2018-12-29T12:46:03","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T11:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=73948"},"modified":"2018-12-29T13:34:08","modified_gmt":"2018-12-29T12:34:08","slug":"atiku-go-ahead-tell-nigerians-who-owns-etisalat-keystone-bank-rights-lawyer-insists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=73948","title":{"rendered":"Atiku, Go Ahead, Tell Nigerians Who Owns Etisalat, Keystone Bank, Rights Lawyer Insists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span class=\"ds-1col file file-image file-image-jpeg view-mode-embedded centered clearfix block-story-object block-story-object-resource block-story-object-resource-image\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-story-object-asset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-embedded\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"http:\/\/arewa.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/JUST-IN-Atiku-Approves-N33000-Minimum-Wage-For-All-100000-Staff-On-His-Payroll.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"container container-pod container-pod-short\"><span class=\"adunit-parent hide block-module block-module-ad block-module-ad-300x250\"><span class=\"block-module-image-wrapper\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A human rights activist and constitutional lawyer, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, has urged the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to furnish Nigerians with details of the alleged ownership of Etisalat, now 9Mobile and Keystone Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Ajulo who spoke in Abuja, said it was uncharitable to say that Buhari\u2019s family owns the companies without mentioning names of the owners.<\/p>\n<p>He submitted that rather than making a porous allegation, Atiku owed Nigerians an explanation regarding the direct identities of the companies.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer was reacting to allegations made by Abubakar that both Keystone Bank and the multinational network provider, Etisalat, belonged to the family of President Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>While also expecting explanations and reactions from President Buhari and his family on the allegation, Ajulo stressed that since who alleges must prove, the burden lies heavily on Atiku to come out straight and direct.<\/p>\n<p>Noting though that this is the right time for Nigerians to know some of the unscrupulous and nefarious activities of the political class so as to redirect the minds of the electorate, he maintained that such revelations should be certain and direct.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllegations must be strengthened and direct. This is an allegation searching for evidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria needs to know what has gone under the table but to do that, revelation must be certain and not fishing for evidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is uncharitable to say that Buhari\u2019s family owns the companies without mentioning names of the owners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember that Buhari\u2019s family comprises immediate, extended and even in-laws, some of whom are among the richest families in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn such circumstance, Nigerians should be made to know exactly who and who own the companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeyond that, it is also necessary to find out if the acquisition of such companies were legitimate or not,\u201d he stated.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A human rights activist and constitutional lawyer, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, has urged the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to furnish Nigerians with details of the alleged ownership of Etisalat, now 9Mobile and Keystone Bank. 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