The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the All Progressives
Congress (APC) and the Federal Government to end their false sanctimony
and immediately return all stolen funds used to finance President
Muhammadu Buhari’s election in 2015 to the Federation Account.
The PDP said the APC and its Federal Government cannot continue to play
the saints when state governors, who stole hundreds of billions of naira
meant for the development of their states to fund President Buhari in
2015, are still enjoying cover as members of the Buhari kitchen cabinet,
despite outrage from Nigerians.
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on
Tuesday, observed that there is no evidence that the PDP, as a party,
looted any public fund, adding that, the APC and President Buhari
campaigned for the 2015 presidential election with looted billions of
naira meant for the provision of essential amenities for ordinary
Nigerians.
The party said the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, misfired in his outburst that the PDP should return alleged
looted funds, when the only party known to have used looted funds has
always been the APC.
It is, to say the least, despicable that the APC and its Federal
Government, in their arrogance, would always try to play the saint when
they were elected with stolen fund and have continued to reek with filth
and sleaze.
Nigerians are aware that prior to the 2015 election, President Buhari
had informed that he was insolvent.
He however took Nigerians by surprise as he enjoyed one of the most
expensive presidential campaigns in the history of our nation, while
turning a blind eye to reports of massive looting of funds from APC
controlled states.
Indeed, if there is any party that should refund looted funds, it is the
APC, which directly used stolen money to scheme in the election of
President Buhari in 2015, while known culpable persons now sit
comfortably around the Presidential table, still superintending over the
looting of our common patrimony.
This is the APC, whose government, has been rated by international
bodies including the Transparency International (TI) which latest report
shows that corruption and sleaze had escalated under its watch.
This is the same government where ministers and officials indicted for
corruption and looting of public funds, particularly in the oil and gas
sector, which is directly under the purview of Mr. President, are
shielded and condoned.
Even presently, Mr Adebayo Shittu, the Minister of Communication, has
been accused of owing his aides N13m; that he has no fewer than 12
houses across the nation; bought a N93m printing press; bought 25 luxury
cars for his personal use, among others.
Yet, nothing has been heard from either the dysfunctional APC or its
incompetent federal government.
While the repositioned PDP maintain its unpretentious stance towards
Nigerians, we charge the Minister of Information to direct his demand to
the Presidency and the APC as Nigerians are expecting them to refund the
stolen funds they used to scheme themselves into office in 2015.