Nigeria, Sept. 29 -- Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has said he was never found guilty by any court or independent committee that investigated suspicious international financial transactions involving him or his former wife, Jennifer Douglas.

He said allegations of corruption or suspicious financial transactions involving him and his former wife did not establish that he was corrupt or abused his office while serving as Nigeria's number two citizen.

Atiku stated this in a right of reply issued by his spokesperson, Paul Ibe, and shared with PREMIUM TIMES in response to this newspaper's report examining five cases in which the former vice president and Ms Douglas were linked to suspici...