Atiku forgot lesson 101, come to equity with clean hands – APC chieftain, Okechukwu

Atiku forgot lesson 101, come to equity with clean hands – APC chieftain, Okechukwu

 A foundation member of the All Progressives Congress, APC,
Osita Okechukwu, on Sunday said the African Democratic Congress, ADC,
presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has forgotten lesson 101.

 

Okechukwu was reacting to the petition submitted by Ehiozuwa
Johnson Agbonayinma to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
requesting the reopening of allegations against Atiku or a clarification on why
the matter was previously closed.

 

In a statement he issued, the former Director General of the
Voice of Nigeria, VON, said from all indications, it appears that “Atiku may
have forgotten the age-old lesson many of us were taught in elementary school;
that those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.”

 

Okechukwu maintained that if Atiku had reflected on this
enduring principle, he might have exercised greater caution in his bid to throw
in all manner of kitchen sink political missiles against President Bola Ahmed
Tinubu, including the expensive bill of USA Lobbyist, Von Batten-Montague-York,
L.L.C, reportedly deployed in the hunt.

 

He noted that the current situation demonstrates how “past
issues can resurface unexpectedly and most importantly that crime is not
statute-barred; noting the classic maxim, ‘he who comes to equity must come
with clean hands.”

 

Recalling that the Lagos High Court had previously dismissed
the matter, Okechukwu said “as a roadside lawyer, my understanding is that the
Agbonayinma’s high profile money laundering petition with international
outliers has revived two decades old frozen case, which regardless of its
outcome, has placed not only His Excellency Atiku Abubakar, albeit the EFCC and
our dear country on the front burner with unintended image gridlock.”

 

The APC chieftain also dismissed claims that he was
attacking Atiku in defense of President Tinubu.

 

“Far from it, I am not protecting Mr President, am only
urging my political colleagues to always avoid grandstanding and focus more on
issues of how to lift millions out of poverty and obedience to the rule of law,
rather than witch-hunt,” he added.

Source: Atiku forgot lesson 101, come to equity with clean hands – APC chieftain, Okechukwu



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