2019: I paid N10.8m tax in three years  — Atiku

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has disclosed that he paid N10.8 million tax between 2015 and 2017.

He also declared a personal income of N60.2 million in three years, according to the credentials he filed with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Atiku submitted all relevant documents, with a Diploma in Law in 1969 from the Ahmadu Bello University being his highest qualification.

Atiku has been campaigning with his ability to create millions of jobs as according to him, he does now with his numerous companies.

Meanwhile President Muhammadu Buhari failed to attach necessary supporting documents to the forms he submitted to INEC, insisting that they were in the custody of the military.

In the affidavit which he swore to, Buhari said, “I am the above named person and the deponent of this affidavit herein. All my academic qualification documents as filled in my Presidential form, APC/001/2015 are currently with the Secretary of the Military Board as of the time of this affidavit.”

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday, published the forms and particulars of presidential and National Assembly candidates of political parties submitted for the 2019 general elections.

Names of 76 presidential aspirants being sponsored by their political parties, including detailed information about their personalities were also published by the electoral empire.

It was the same for candidates vying for seats in the National Assembly.

The forms/ particulars which were for purposes of claims and objections ,were pasted at the offices of INEC in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as well as its offices across the federation.

Our reporter who visited the FCT office of INEC reports that the lists were still being pasted at the entrance as at 8:30 pm.

A senior official of the commission explained that what the commission did does not amount to the publication of the full list of candidates as that would be done by January 17 next year as provided in the time table and schedule of activities.