By Kasim Isa Muhammad
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 elections, has denied any involvement in the recent decision to reinstate Intels, a logistics company, to its former boat pilotage monitoring contract with the Nigerian government.
Atiku, in a statement released on Sunday, categorically stated that he had fully divested from Intels in 2020, selling his shares to the company’s parent organization, Orlean Investment Group.
He further clarified that he had publicly announced his exit from the company in January 2021.
“My divestment from the company that I co-founded has not been reversed,” Atiku emphasized. “Consequently, I can’t, by any stretch of the imagination, be a beneficiary of the reinstatement of the boat pilotage monitoring business that was taken away from Intels by the Federal Government.”
The former Vice President decried the insinuations that he had somehow influenced the government’s decision to reinstate Intels, calling them “mischievous” and baseless.
He maintained that he had no relationship with Intels since his departure in 2020 and could not have benefited from the contract’s reinstatement.
TCR reported that Atiku’s statement comes in response to reports suggesting that he had played a role in the government’s decision to reverse its earlier cancellation of Intels’ contract.
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