The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed the list of alleged
\n“looters” published by the Federal Government as hollow and laughable.<\/p>\n
The party said the list is an extension of federal government media
\ntrial and challenged it to come up names of its members against whom the
\nfederal government had secured convictions.<\/p>\n
The list put forward by the Federal Government as purported looters
\namounts to a cheap blackmail as none of those listed have been indicted
\nor convicted by any court of competent jurisdiction or any panel of
\nenquiry in our country.<\/p>\n
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on
\nFriday, said the list issued by the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai
\nMohammed, only goes to show that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and
\nthe Presidency have no prove of corruption against the PDP.<\/p>\n
The party said in its frenzy and desperation, the federal government
\neven included names of individuals who are not standing trial or under
\ninvestigation for any act of corruption, as well as those who are not
\neven PDP members.<\/p>\n
The Buhari-led Federal Government has manifested its frenzy by going
\nafter matters that are in court and in which none of the persons have
\nbeen convicted, thus betraying their wickedness and desperation to
\nmislead the public, the court and divert attention from the heavy
\nlooting involving their members.<\/p>\n
We are not in doubt that the individuals he has mentioned will take
\ntheir legitimate stride and pursue appropriate action in the court.<\/p>\n
However, attacks on individuals, who are members of our party, does not
\nin anyway detract from the fact that the PDP, as a political platform,
\nis not a party of corruption.<\/p>\n
It is unfortunate that the APC and its government under whose watch
\nhorrendous sleazes are happening on daily basis and a government that
\nhas failed to fulfill the littlest of its campaign promises, can spend a
\nwholesome three years searching for flimsy allegations to discredit our
\nparty and its members.<\/p>\n
This is a government that is yet to account for $26 billion (N9
\ntrillion) stolen through corrupt oil contracts in the NNPC, N1.1
\ntrillion worth of crude diverted to service APC interests, N18 billion
\nInternally Displaced Persons (IDP) intervention fund stolen by APC
\nofficials, including their former Secretary to the Government of the
\nFederation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, the N10 billion National Health
\nInsurance Scheme (NHIS) for which members of the Buhari cabal were
\nindicted as well as the Mainagate, where the APC government recalled and
\nreinstated an individual indicted for scam running into billions of
\nnaira.<\/p>\n
This is in addition to cover provided for serving ministers indicted for
\ncorrupt enrichment, among whom is a prominent former APC governor from
\nthe southsouth, who was indicted by his state for stealing billions of
\nnaira to fund President Buharis campaign in 2015.<\/p>\n
We emphatically say that the PDP is on a rebound and such flimsy
\nallegations by the APC and its horde of looters, who stole humongous
\nwealth from their respective states of the federation to sponsor an
\nincompetent candidate in 2015, cannot stop us from challenging the
\nFederal Government to fulfill its campaign promises.<\/p>\n
Since, the APC has decided to draw this attack, we will no longer hold
\nback but appropriately commence a serialization of all looters hiding in
\nAPC and the Presidency.<\/p>\n
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