Atiku demands unfreezing of Bank accounts in meeting with peace committee

The chairman of the National Peace Committee, Abdulsalami Abubakar on Friday said his group has presented the grievances of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Abubakar, who met with Atiku and some opposition leaders on Thursday, disclosed this to state house correspondents after he and some members of the committee met with Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja.

Atiku had earlier in the week rejected the declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that President Buhari won the election and vowed to seek to challenge the outcome in court.

The former vice president was said to have demanded the unfreezing of bank accounts belonging to opposition politicians,  demilitarisation of subsequent elections,  accreditation of voters before voting in subsequent elections, access to the backend server of INEC by all parties who partook in the election.

The meeting started at the president’s office around 3 pm and ended at 4 pm. Matthew Kukah, Bishop of Sokoto diocese and John Onaiyekan, bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, were in attendance.

Also at the meeting were Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the APC, and some stakeholders of the ruling party.