The Peoples’
Democratic Party, PDP, has challenged the ruling All progressives Congress, APC
to name any member of the party that has been convicted for corruption. The
party declared that the list released by the APC is an extension of the federal
government’s propaganda.
The party threatened to expose individuals in the fold
of the ruling All progressives Congress, APC, indicted to have looted their
state resources.
It also said that the looted funds
were massively deployed for the electioneering campaigns of President Muhammadu
Buhari in the last 2015 general polls.
“We will no longer hesitate to go
public with the list of indicted individuals in their fold who looted their
state resources and deployed such funds to Buhari 2015 Campaign”, the party
said.
PDP spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan
made this declaration in Abuja through a press statement he made available to
newsmen.
This threat may not be unconnected
with the latest APC allegation that the PDP national chairman Uche Secondus and
former publicity secretary, Olisa Metu were among those who looted the country
dry in the immediate past PDP-led federal government.
The party further explained that it
had the list of prominent individuals who looted public funds, parading as the
war chest of the APC, yet, were provided cover by the Buhari administration.
PDP also asserted that none of its
members in their re-branded fold was either convicted or indicted of corruption
and looting of any public funds.
The opposition party said the
allegation preferred against Secondus and Metu were politically motivated just
to smear and discredit the PDP.
Part of statement reads, “we make
bold to state that in President Buhari’s cabinet are former APC governors
indicted by their states for looting funds belonging to the people, bulk of
which were used to finance the President’s 2015 campaign”.
“They believe that they must take
revenge on everything. This is why they are going about hounding everybody
perceived to hold opinions that are contrary to their interest”.
“This explains why they have
continued to keep people like the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo
Dasuki (rtd) in detention, even after he has been granted bail by the courts
and have been after figures like Senate President Bukola Saraki, Deputy Senate
President Ike Ekweremadu as well as politicians perceived to be interested in
the 2019 Presidential elections.
“It is incongruous and shameful
that the Presidency and APC are still engaging in their hypocritical media
trial of asking the PDP to refund alleged looted funds, when the world is aware
that those who looted the economy are all in the APC where they have become the
poster faces of President Buhari and his discredited party”.
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