Buhari Terminated Intels’ Contract To Weaken Atiku Against 2019 – APC Chieftain

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of deliberately terminating Intels Nigeria Limited`s contract to weaken former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2019 presidential election.

Recall that the Pilotage Agency Agreement between Intels, a company reportedly owned by Atiku, and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) was last week ended.

In his reaction on Monday, the suspended Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, said the contract termination was a politically motivated move to stop Atiku`s 2019 bid.

“This is not the time to play politics with the issues of governance. Could it be another ploy to weaken Alhaji Atiku Abubakar ahead of his perceived ambition for 2019?.

“It is pertinent to note that in the history, since the establishment of Intels, no federal government has ever persecuted the company like this present government. The action of the FIRS, NPA, and FTZ as agencies of government is and can be seen to be attempts to humiliate Atiku.

“How come FIRS just realized the non-payment of tax by Intels? The export free zone just realized that Intels is operating illegally. If the agencies just realized all these, it means they have shown total failure in discharging their duties. Let’s learn to follow due process,” he warned.

“I want to believe that the presidency is not aware of this over bearing and over zealousness on the part of these government agencies. By this, I ask the presidency to promptly intervene in this matter before it gets late.”

Mr Frank said his “thoughts are that some political leaders who are afraid of his (Atiku) profile and hell bent on truncating his perceived ambition are behind all these.

“The good news is that no matter what these agencies of government do, the prerogative and his decision to run for presidency come 2019 is his fundamental right and rightly so if he so desires. Nigeria as it is today has a lot going on and this latest brazen acts by government agencies is the least on the minds of Nigerians,” he said.