The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the All Progressives
\nCongress (APC) and the Federal Government to end their false sanctimony
\nand immediately return all stolen funds used to finance President
\nMuhammadu Buhari\u2019s election in 2015 to the Federation Account.<\/p>\n
The PDP said the APC and its Federal Government cannot continue to play
\nthe saints when state governors, who stole hundreds of billions of naira
\nmeant for the development of their states to fund President Buhari in
\n2015, are still enjoying cover as members of the Buhari kitchen cabinet,
\ndespite outrage from Nigerians.<\/p>\n
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on
\nTuesday, observed that there is no evidence that the PDP, as a party,
\nlooted any public fund, adding that, the APC and President Buhari
\ncampaigned for the 2015 presidential election with looted billions of
\nnaira meant for the provision of essential amenities for ordinary
\nNigerians.<\/p>\n
The party said the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai
\nMohammed, misfired in his outburst that the PDP should return alleged
\nlooted funds, when the only party known to have used looted funds has
\nalways been the APC.<\/p>\n
It is, to say the least, despicable that the APC and its Federal
\nGovernment, in their arrogance, would always try to play the saint when
\nthey were elected with stolen fund and have continued to reek with filth
\nand sleaze.<\/p>\n
Nigerians are aware that prior to the 2015 election, President Buhari
\nhad informed that he was insolvent.<\/p>\n
He however took Nigerians by surprise as he enjoyed one of the most
\nexpensive presidential campaigns in the history of our nation, while
\nturning a blind eye to reports of massive looting of funds from APC
\ncontrolled states.<\/p>\n
Indeed, if there is any party that should refund looted funds, it is the
\nAPC, which directly used stolen money to scheme in the election of
\nPresident Buhari in 2015, while known culpable persons now sit
\ncomfortably around the Presidential table, still superintending over the
\nlooting of our common patrimony.<\/p>\n
This is the APC, whose government, has been rated by international
\nbodies including the Transparency International (TI) which latest report
\nshows that corruption and sleaze had escalated under its watch.<\/p>\n
This is the same government where ministers and officials indicted for
\ncorruption and looting of public funds, particularly in the oil and gas
\nsector, which is directly under the purview of Mr. President, are
\nshielded and condoned.<\/p>\n
Even presently,\u00a0 Mr Adebayo Shittu, the Minister of Communication, has
\nbeen accused of owing his aides N13m; that he has no fewer than 12
\nhouses across the nation; bought a N93m printing press; bought 25 luxury
\ncars for his personal use, among others.<\/p>\n
Yet, nothing has been heard from either the dysfunctional APC or its
\nincompetent federal government.<\/p>\n
While the repositioned PDP maintain its unpretentious stance towards
\nNigerians, we charge the Minister of Information to direct his demand to
\nthe Presidency and the APC as Nigerians are expecting them to refund the
\nstolen funds they used to scheme themselves into office in 2015.<\/p>\n
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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n