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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to commence investigation into reports
that the 24 governors elected on the platform of the APC diverted N150
million each, amounting to N3.6 billion, from their state coffers, to fund
the APC’s national convention.
In the same vein, the party accused President Buhari of complicit in the
acts of corruption that have pervaded his administration and party and
submitted that contrary to claims by cronies, he is practically lacking in
integrity.
The party also asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
not to recognize the new APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, as his
emergence by affirmation is in violation of democratic requirements of
direct voting by delegates.
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan made the positions of
the party known while receiving party leaders from his home Kabba/Bunu
area of Kogi state, who paid him a solidarity visit at the PDP National
Secretariat, Abuja on Wednesday.
“It is unimaginable that while Nigerians are suffering untold economic
hardship, including unpaid salaries, due to the misrule of the APC,
governors elected on the platform of the APC diverted N150 million each,
amounting to a humongous N3.6 billion to fund their wasteful national
convention in Abuja.
“Recently, the Brooking Report shows that under President Buhari and APC
governors, millions of Nigerians are daily dropping below poverty line.
According to the report, Nigeria under Buhari has become poverty capital
of the world. There is hunger and starvation everywhere, yet the APC stole
N3.6 billion from public coffers to fund its national convention.
“Everybody knows that APC is a party of corruption, that is why their
choice of a national chairman is an individual overburdened by allegations
of humongous corruption and alleged stealing of public funds, yet enjoying
presidential cover, even when the petitions against him at the EFCC is in
the public domain.
“The PDP restates the demand that the EFCC immediately commence
investigation against Oshiomhole, otherwise, it would have no ground upon
which to continue to arrest, investigate and arraign other Nigerians on
allegations of corruption”, he said.
The party also said President Buhari can no longer claim to be a man of
integrity, as he have been found complicit on acts of corruption in his
party and government.
“Each time President Buhari postures as a man of integrity, informed
Nigerians shudder. If he is a man of integrity, why is he condoning
corruption in his presidency and surrounding himself with corrupt people?
Why is he blocking the investigation of Oshiomhole over corruption
allegations? Why did he allow looted funds to be used for his party’s
national convention? Buhari is not a man of integrity as his handlers want
Nigerians to believe”, he said.