The allegation was contained in a statement issued yesterday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu. According to the statement, an unidentified person transferred money into Atiku’s personal bank account domiciled with one of Nigeria’s leading commercial banks. The former Vice President maintained that neither he nor his campaign organisation requested, approved or had any prior knowledge of the 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?”