{"id":62610,"date":"2018-06-14T16:26:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T15:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=62610"},"modified":"2018-06-14T16:26:22","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T15:26:22","slug":"mtn-fine-pdp-accuses-buhari-presidency-apc-of-n500million-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/mtn-fine-pdp-accuses-buhari-presidency-apc-of-n500million-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"MTN Fine: PDP Accuses Buhari Presidency, APC, of N500million Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Buhari to come out clear on allegations of corruption and sharp<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">practices that have pervaded the recovery of the N1.03tn fine imposed on<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">MTN Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">A statement signed by Kola Ologbondinyan, spokesman of the Party<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">challenged the Buhari&#8217;s Presidency to explain the curious N500million<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">professional fees paid out to unnamed lawyers.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The statement reads:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The PDP said President Buhari and his administration have a lot of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">questions to answer on how the fine was reduced to N330 billion,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">particularly on the face of allegations that certain interests in the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Presidential villa, said to be very close to President Buhari, allegedly<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">took a bribe of N500 million before the reduction.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;It is, to say the least, disgusting that while this allegation of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">bribery at the Villa has remained uncleared by the Presidency, President<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Buhari, the same African Union (AU) Anti-Corruption Champion, on<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Wednesday, approved the frittering of another N500 million from the same<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">fund, under controversial claims of professional fees to unnamed persons<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">for unspecified services.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;For a government that prides itself as fighting corruption, the nation<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">had long expected Mr. President to clear the air on the sordid<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">allegation of bribery in the Presidential Villa. Rather than progressing<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">in that direction, President Buhari has continued to act as if the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">demand by Nigerians, to know the truth about the alleged bribery in the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">villa over the payment of MTN fine, does not matter.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Furthermore, the PDP challenges President Buhari to come out clear on<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the basis for the purported N500million professional fee. What due<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">process instruments did he rely upon? Who are these lawyers? Who<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">contracted them; under what terms and what services did they render that<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">was beyond the Attorney General of the Federation and the team of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">lawyers at the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) and the Ministry<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">of Justice?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Now that it has become clear that the Buhari Presidency is entangled in<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">sleazes over the NTN fine saga, the PDP charges President Buhari to end<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">his concealment of corruption in the villa and show his sincerity by<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">allowing an open inquest into his administration\u2019s dealings on the MTN<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">fine payment.&#8221;<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to come out clear on allegations of corruption and sharp practices that have pervaded the recovery of the N1.03tn fine&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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