The National Chairman of the APC, John Odigie-Oyegun has said,\u00a0 unlike the\u00a0 PDP, which used public funds to finance its campaign, APC\u2019s financing of the party\u2019s Presidential campaign came from individual donations, thereby making it wrong to call for a probe.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cYou are comparing apples and grapes. It is the people\u2019s money. You can\u2019t use the money of the people to run parties and so the APC today is suffering from that basic correct policy decision.<\/p>\n
He spoke on a radio program in Abuja.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut campaign funds cannot come from the monies that belong to the generality of Nigerians.<\/p>\n
\u201cIndividuals can donate, and companies can donate subject to limits that the law provides. We are not touching those. But where you take monies meant for positioning troops in the North East to fight against Boko Haram to fund parties (and) the most recent \u2013 when you take our crude, gave unregistered crude to exporters, repatriate the proceeds and use them to finance your political campaigns \u2013 that is wrong. That is impunity at its worst. So they are not comparable.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs at today, of course there are APC governors and ex-governors that are under investigation, maybe not in respect or specifically campaign funds but there are.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe basic principle is \u2013 impunity must be removed from the system and wherever the tree falls, so let it be!<\/p>\n
\u201cI am sure that if that happens, the kind of president that we have will look the other way. Normal process must take its course.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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