Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said he did not offer a gift of a brand-new Toyota SUV to the Naval officer, Lieutenant Ahmed Yerima, involved in Tuesday’s altercation with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
Atiku’s spokesperson, Paul Ibe, issued the denial on Thursday, describing a report to that effect as completely false and without any factual basis.
A news report has been circulating widely on social media that Atiku has donated a a brand-new Toyota SUV to the Naval officer
Ibe said it is a fabricated story, adding that “the story is entirely fabricated and should be completely disregarded by the public,” he said.
The viral claim, which emerged on Facebook on Wednesday, said Atiku rewarded Yerima following his reported confrontation with Wike over an alleged land-grabbing incident in Abuja.
The altercation occured on Tuesday when Wike confronted Yerima during an inspection at a disputed plot of land in the Gaduwa District of the FCT.
