The Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation (AACO) has disclaimed an undated letter issued under the authority of ‘Campaign Coordinator/President’ of a group calling itself the Atiku Abubakar Business Supporters in Diaspora (AABSID).
Disclosing this in a statement, on Tuesday, AACO said the letter, titled: ‘Fundraising Dinner Event for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Presidential Election Campaign 2023’, is apparently being sent to potential donors and members of the public, “inviting donations to the presidential campaign of our candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in exchange for unfettered access to Atiku Abubakar, among other promises.”
It continued: “AACO, hereby, notifies the general public, particularly Nigerians in the Diaspora, as well as corporate organisations within and outside Nigeria, that AABSID is a body/organisation unknown to our candidate, and neither he nor AACO has authorised any such fundraising event to be held on his behalf nor on behalf of his campaign organisation.
“The general public is, hereby, notified that the aforementioned AABSID is not in any way affiliated or related to Atiku Abubakar and AACO, and has not been mandated or authorised in any way whatsoever to represent the candidate or his campaign in any matter whatsoever.
“In line with the foregoing, any person or organisation dealing with the aforementioned AABSID and/or its campaign coordinator/president or indeed with any other organisation for the purposes of raising funds for our presidential candidate, does so at their own risk and responsibility.”
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Meanwhile, Atiku has appointed the Commissioner for Information in Delta State, Charles Aniagwu, as one of his spokesmen for the 2023 presidential campaign
A statement signed by Atiku’s Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, said Aniagwu’s appointment takes immediate effect, with the responsibility, among others, to keep the electorate up to speed with happenings within the campaign organisation.
Aniagwu is a veteran broadcaster with over two decades of experience in the media industry.
He joins other appointees, who had been announced earlier as spokespersons, to the campaign.
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