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Atiku raises alarm over mysterious bank credit to his account

Mr Shaibu said the transfer originated from a person totally unknown to Mr Atiku with the narration ‘Contribution Electioneering Campaign.’

• August 7, 2026
Atiku Abubakar
Atiku Abubakar

The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has raised an alarm over a mysterious and suspicious credit alert he received in his private bank account.

Mr Abubakar stated that he received the alert from an unknown person.

Phrank Shaibu, one of Mr Abubakar’s aides, in a post on X on Friday, said the account from which the former vice-president received the money is domiciled with one of Nigeria’s leading commercial banks.

“The transfer originated from a person totally unknown to His Excellency with the narration “Contribution Electioneering Campaign.” Neither His Excellency nor his campaign solicited, authorised or has any knowledge of the individual or entity behind the unauthorised payment,” he said.

Mr Shaibu said the circumstances surrounding the transfer were deeply troubling to Mr Abubakar.

“The account is a strictly private one whose details are not in the public domain. This raises a fundamental question: How did unknown persons obtain the confidential banking details of a private citizen?” he said.

The Peoples Gazette could not independently verify the amount credited into Mr Abubakar’s account.

“If the private banking information of a former Vice President and a leading presidential candidate can be accessed and deployed for reasons yet unknown, then no Nigerian’s financial privacy is safe. 

“Even more disturbing is the suspicion that such confidential information may have been obtained through persons with privileged access,” Mr Shaibu stated. 

He added that if established, this would amount to a grave abuse of power capable of exposing the account holder to kidnappers, terrorists, bandits, fraudsters and other criminals.

Mr Shaibu therefore put the Nigerian public and security agencies on notice about this latest incident in a litany of suspicious activities leading up to next year’s general elections.

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