Crisis is said to be brewing between APC
national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former vice president,
Atiku Abubakar over the refusal of the former to repay a loan of N1
billion reportedly collected from the latter during the 2015
presidential campaign, SIGNAL can report.
A source familiar with the details told
SIGNAL on Monday that both political heavyweights may be heading for a
showdown over the development.
According to the source who did not want
to be named, Atiku loaned Tinubu the sum of N1 billion in 2015 for the
financing of deficits incurred during the APC presidential campaign with
a promise to repay immediately after the elections.
Crisis between the two titans began when
months after the election, Tinubu refused to repay the debt, rebuffing
Atiku’s attempts to broach the subject.
“Both men have managed to keep the issue
out of the media space because of the sensitive nature, but there is a
strong bone of contention between them. The issue is that Tinubu
obtained a loan of N1 billion from Atiku during the 2015 presidential
campaign and promised to repay the loan after the elections, but he’s
not even ready to talk about it now and Atiku is sore pissed”, the
source said.
Attempts
by SIGNAL to contact Sunday Dare and Paul Ibe, spokespersons to Tinubu
and Atiku respectively proved abortive at the time of filing this
report.
However, further checks by SIGNAL
through other relevant top level sources on Monday confirmed a brewing
rift between the Jagaban of Borgu and the Turaki Adamawa over the said
N1 billion loan.
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