Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar may have stirred the hornet’s nest with his interview with The Boss newspaper on why he has been unable to visit the United States (U.S.). He believes the reasons for denying him visa into the U.S. can only be explained by the U.S. government. But excerpts from a report however contradict Abubakar’s claim.
In an interview with The Boss newspaper, published Saturday, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar stirred anew issues about his being barred from entering the United States (U.S.) and his being once denied a visa.
He further complicated matters when he alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari was barred from the U.S. for 15 years, until 2015, a claim that was promptly debunked by the President’s handlers as ‘fictive concoction’.
At the moment, there is no known indictment filed against the former Nigerian leader in any U.S. court, seven years after a Senate Report detailed money laundering activities against him, including being a recipient of a bribe by Siemens. Also, U.S.