Admin l Tuesday, October 08, 2018
LAGOS, Nigeria – The United States of American has cleared Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of any criminal accusation. The U.S Department was reacting to allegations made by former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo that Atiku has criminal records in the United States and would not be granted any travel visa.
Even the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, had implied that Abubakar was avoiding a visit to the US because he might be charged with a case of money laundering.
But a spokesperson to the department, Peter Carr said “visa issues are confidential under section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. If your question is specifically about entry – not about visas per se – I would refer you to the US Customs and Border Protection.”
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In an email to Punch Correspondent on Friday, a spokesperson for the US DOJ, Peter Carr said, “Thank you for reaching out to us. I have checked the public court records, and they do not show cases filed against a defendant named Atiku Abubakar.”
“The mail also asked the department to confirm whether Abubakar has been banned from entering the US and if there is any court case against him concerning the Halliburton scandal which resulted in the conviction of a US lawmaker, William Jefferson.
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He said, “Visa issues are confidential under section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. If your question is specifically about entry – not about visas per se – I would refer you to the US Customs and Border Protection.”
