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Atiku spokesman says he funded Tinubu’s first Saudi Arabia trip

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Phrank Shaibu, media spokesman for former Nigerian vice-president Atiku Abubakar, claims that his boss funded Bola Tinubu’s first trip to Saudi Arabia. He issued the challenge to the Nigerian president on the Politics Today programme, the Daily Post Nigeria reports.

Phrank Shaibu, media spokesman for former Nigerian vice-president Atiku Abubakar, claims that Atiku funded Bola Tinubu’s first trip to Saudi Arabia. Shaibu made the claim on Monday 2 November on the Politics Today programme and challenged the Nigerian president to dispute it, the Daily Post reports.

Shaibu presented the assistance as a sign of Atiku’s generosity and referred to a relationship between the former vice-president and Tinubu. The statement comes after Shaibu called on Tinubu to account for his visit to Saudi Arabia on 30 October, amid questions about Tinubu’s trip.

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