The Federal Government on Friday alleged that the former Vice President and the Peoples Democratic Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has questions to answer over the collapse of the Bank PHB.
The Government accused Atiku of benefiting from N156 million slush funds through Claremont Management Services Account on 13th January, 2009.
The Federal Government also said it was not perturbed over the former Vice President’s visit to the United States, adding that “If he likes he can stay there and obtain the American Green Card.”
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who briefed State House correspondents at the presidential villa, Abuja, said Atiku should explain his involvement in the alleged ‘slush funds’ and the collapse of Bank PHB.
Mohammed said Atiku should return to the country and explain to Nigerians his role in the bankrupt of Bank PHB now Key Stone Bank.
He said though his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Government of President Muhammadu Buhari was not perturbed by Atiku’s US visit, he should hurry back to defend his position in the huge corruption that led to the collapse of the bank.