Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has disassociated himself from a fraudulent scheme claiming to supply N65,000 to Nigerians, describing it as rip-off.
Atiku defined in an announcement launched by his media aide, Paul Ibe, {that a} group referred to as “Travelling Overseas Alternatives” has been circulating data on-line about an alleged “Atiku Grant by FG.”
The scheme reportedly requires candidates to fill out a kind, offering private particulars equivalent to their names, financial institution accounts, and monetary data, in change for the promised N65,000.
Atiku clarified that he’s not concerned in any empowerment program providing such financial help. He emphasised that neither he nor any group affiliated with him is working a scheme of this nature.
“The so-called Atiku Grant by FG is a rip-off, which goal is to fleece unsuspecting Nigerians of their hard-earned cash”.
“That is to alert Nigerians to not take part in what is clearly a fraudulent scheme that seeks to hoodwink unsuspecting residents into considering that it’s a scheme by Atiku Abubakar”.
He went additional into calling safety businesses to look into the difficulty.
“We hereby name on safety businesses to analyze promoters of this felony scheme and numerous different schemes, which purpose is to rip-off harmless residents and produce them to guide,” he mentioned.