Atiku To Be Arrested, Questioned Over Collapse of Bank PHB When He Returns From US - Presidency

The Federal Government has said it will arrest and question, the predidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar over his alleged role in the collapse of former Bank PHB.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed, making the allegation in Abuja on Friday, said the former Vice-President benefited from N156 million ‘slush funds.’

Mohammed told State House correspondents that the money was through the Claremont Management Services Account on 13th January, 2009.

The minister spoke while reacting to Abubakar’s visit to the United States of America, saying that the visit did not mean that he was free of corruption issues.

Mohammed also said the government was not bothered that Abubakar visited the US.