John Alechenu
The All
Progressives Congress has described the ongoing anti-graft war as a day
of reckoning for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, which it said
harbours a large number of corrupt individuals.
The National Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Mai Mala Buni, said this in a statement in Abuja on Monday.
He noted
that the body language of the PDP, as contained in a statement on
Sunday, “makes it clear that it is uncomfortable with the ongoing probe
of some of its stalwarts who are being investigated for looting the
treasury.”
According to him, the opposition party must begin to live with the reality that there is no more hiding place for the corrupt.
Buni said,
“The opposition party must realise that the day of reckoning has come.
There is no more hiding place for corrupt elements which it harbours in
large number.
“The APC
wishes to place on records in clear terms that the President Muhammadu
Buhari is focused, unwavering, non-selective and ready to fast-track the
trial of corrupt public officers.
“Only the
guilty ones are jittery and unconvinced that the war is winnable. Under
six months in office, President Buhari’s administration has put some
public officers on trial across party lines.”
The APC
scribe urged the opposition party to rather than find faults with the
APC’s anti-corruption agenda, which has received international rating,
the PDP should “remove the moth in its eyes by prevailing on some of its
high-ranking members, who are under investigation, to cooperate with
relevant agencies.”
The APC
urged Nigerians not to be swayed by the latter day anti-corruption
recipe of the PDP, which it said were mere diversionary tactics to earn
undeserved sympathy after its government had grounded the Nigerian
economy.
While
dismissing calls for the establishment of a National Truth Commission,
the APC said this is not the time for such a commission but the time for
probe, justice and recovery of slush and looted funds.
Buni noted
that many Nigerians today could not afford three square meals because
of the mismanagement of the economy by the previous administration.
He also dismissed calls by the PDP for a probe of the APC’s presidential election campaign finances.
The party
secretary said, “The PDP knew that the APC fought and won its electoral
battle basically on the goodwill of the masses.
“We did not fund our campaign with slush or corrupt funds; we challenge the opposition to provide evidence to the contrary.
“The 1999
Constitution and the Electoral Act have provided guidelines on campaign
funds. We are ready to account for every kobo spent any time we are
requested to do so.
“We are a party noted for managing scarce resources; we are not a wasteful party like the PDP.
“The APC
governors were not compelled to finance our presidential campaign under
any guise. And no one has been made a minister in this government to
cover up slush funds used for President Buhari’s campaign.”
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