Atiku raises alarm over mysterious credit alert, suspected data breach

Shaibu queried how unknown persons obtained the confidential banking details of a private citizen, warning that if the private banking information of a former Vice President and a leading presidential candidate could be accessed and deployed for reasons yet unknown, then no Nigerian’s financial privacy is safe.“The circumstances surrounding the transfer are deeply troubling to His Excellency,” the statement read, noting that the account is a strictly private one whose details are not in the public domain.

Phrank Shaibu, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication to Atiku Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday, saying the transfer originated from a person totally unknown to the former Vice President, with the narration “Contribution Electioneering Campaign.