National Chairman of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has berated the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission EfCC for their unconcealed bias in their
execution of the anti corruption war in the country.
Prince Secondus said
that the recent arrest and harassment of contractors handling projects in only
PDP states has clearly exposed the anti graft agency as doing the bidding of
the ruling party ahead of 2019.
The PDP leader said in a
statement from his media office and signed by his media adviser Ike Abonyi that
the EFCC has deployed its operatives to intimidate and harass
contractors handling various projects in some PDP states with the motive of
frustrating their project goals which have visibly placed them far ahead of the
colleagues in APC states.
Prince Secondus
expressed regrets that the Commission has remained beclouded in
their bias and has refused to heed the advisories from well meaning Nigerians
and international watchers including the recent one from the British High
Commissioner to Nigeria Mr. Paul Arkwright for them not to take sides with any
political party ahead of the 2019 general election.
According to the High
Commissioner, "INEC and EFCC should be there to preserve the integrity of
the political process, including taking investigations without
prejudice on one side or the other"
PDP boss noted that the
Commission rather than listen to such counsel, has instead made themselves a
willing tool to assist the drowning APC ahead of 2019 general elections.
Rather than encourage
states who are seriously involved in the delivery of democracy dividend to
their people, the envious ruling APC has been conniving with the relevant
agencies to be harassing contractors ostensibly to frustrate and slow them down
in their development strides.
"Contractors in
Taraba and Rivers states as well as other PDP states are being harassed by EFCC
operatives and are being arm twisted to implicate PDp leaders"
" Intelligence is
available to the party that the ruling party and the federal government have
resolved to ensure that PDP states are permanently put on their toes so as not
to get their bearing ahead of 2019.
It would be clear to the
world and discerning minds that PDP governors are doing fantastic jobs
executing projects that touch the lives of their people unlike their APC counterparts
In some states like
Taraba where projects have been halted as a result of EFCC meddlesomeness, the
unemployment situation has worsened.
Prince Secondus
reiterated the position of the PDP that corruption should be confronted
frontally in our system but warned that meaningful result would never be
achieved in this regard in an atmosphere of bias and double standards from anti
corruption agencies.
Secondus regretted that
the anti graft agencies which was indeed set up by the PDP administration to
tackle the corruption vice in our system independent of the ruling government
has made themselves a willing tool in the hands of the APC"
He charged PDP state
governors to remain undaunted and refuse to be intimidated in the service of
their people.
Finally, Prince Secondus
called on the international communities to note the growing impunity where anti
graft agencies now usurp the over sight functions of the state Houses of
Assembly.
Signed
Ike Abonyi
SA media to the NC
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