A crisis has rocked the People Democratic Party (PDP) over the alleged misappropriation of campaign fund,new dawn sources have revealed.
The party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar was said to be overburdened by the excessive demand of fund from him.
On his part,the Senate President and Director General of Atiku’s presidential campaign council, Bukola Saraki is not very happy with the channels the PDP campaign fund is passing through.
He has accused Atiku and the party of channelling the fund through the chairman of the party Uche Secondus rather than through the Presidential Campaign Council where he serves as the Director General.
Saraki also complained that the money made available for the campaign is nothing to compare to what they spend to run the campaign services across the country.
A close source to the party revealed to our reporter that sourcing for the fund for PDP campaign has been the major problem.
The Party bigwigs are doing everything to keep this away from the public pending the conclusion of the Presidential election.
Atiku Abubakar and Saraki are said to be trading words about this issue while they accused the party chairman of deliberately holding the campaign fund.
An investigation showed that Atiku Abubakar has been the sole source of funding of the PDP campaign programmes.
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) although set up a Fund Raising Committee which is headed by Governor Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom State.
However, on many occasions, the National Executive Committee (NEC) has complained of lack of fund forcing Atiku Abubakar to raise money to fund his campaign.
Sources revealed to Newdawn that the senate President,Bukola Saraki, has threatened Atiku Abubakar that he would quit if he fails to address the issue. He equally accused National Executive Committee (NEC) of misappropriating the campaign fund. Atiku has pleaded with him to be calm but the frustration is getting over his head.
It will be recalled that the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday alleged that opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar is finding it difficult to raise cash to fund his campaign.
