Former Vice-President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has raised alarm over an unauthorised payment made into one of his private bank accounts
Atiku alleged that an unidentified individual somehow obtained the details of the account, which he said are not publicly available, and transferred money into it without his consent or prior knowledge.
His media aide, Phrank Shaibu, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, describing the development as a serious concern for financial privacy, particularly as political activities gather momentum ahead of the 2027 general elections.
According to Shaibu, the transaction was made into one of Atiku’s personal accounts with a major Nigerian commercial bank and carried the description “Contribution Electioneering Campaign.”
He stressed that neither Atiku nor his campaign team requested or approved the payment and that they have no knowledge of the person or organisation behind it.
Atiku said the matter was particularly troubling because the account is strictly personal and its details have never been made available to the public.
He therefore questioned how an unknown person was able to obtain the confidential banking information.
The statement read:
“The transfer originated from a person totally unknown to His Excellency with the narration ‘Contribution Electioneering Campaign’,”
“Neither His Excellency nor his campaign solicited, authorised, or has any knowledge of the individual or entity behind the unauthorized payment.”
“The account is a strictly private one whose details are not in the public domain. This raises a fundamental question: How did unknown persons obtain the confidential banking details of a private citizen?”
“If the private banking information of a former Vice President and a leading presidential candidate can be accessed and deployed for reasons yet unknown, then no Nigerian’s financial privacy is safe,”
“Even more disturbing is the suspicion that such confidential information may have been obtained through persons with privileged access. If established, this would amount to a grave abuse of power capable of exposing the account holder to kidnappers, terrorists, bandits, fraudsters and other criminal elements,”
“We therefore put the Nigerian public, and the security agencies, on notice about this latest incident in a litany of suspicious activities leading up to next year’s general elections,”
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