The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to reveal source of his
campaign funds.
In a statement on Saturday, Kola
Ologbondiyan, spokesman of the PDP, said Buhari has no moral to fight
corruption because he is a “beneficiary of the corruption freebies.”
Ologbondiyan said Buhari ought to
have known that the resources deployed in the 2015 election for him were
“proceeds of corrupt activities” of known All Progressives Congress (APC)
governors and leaders.
“We challenge Buhari to make open
the sources of fund available to his campaign in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 race
as well as the names of the donors,” the statement read.
“We are particularly interested
in the fund allegedly provided by a south-south governor for the 2011 presidential
election as well as how the cost of litigation was paid by then Buhari
campaign.
“President Buhari and his party
leaders have huge confessions to make on how they raked in state stolen
resources to prosecute elections of 2015. If the federal government and the APC
are serious about fighting corruption and not just out to persecute PDP
members, they should have began with the probe into the source of the billions
of naira used for President Buhari’s 2015 presidential campaigns, particularly
in the face of allegations that the fund was looted from treasuries of various
APC states.
“The PDP ask can president Buhari
in all honesty claim ignorance of reports in the open media that a South-south
governor looted several billions from his state accounts and diverted the sums
into Buhari’s 2015 campaigns?
“Can the presidency and the APC
inform Nigerians what steps the federal government has taken to investigate
this allegation, which has been in public domain and to clarify their roles as
beneficiaries of the alleged looted funds?”
The PDP spokesman said the
president should tell Nigerians what he has done regarding the alleged stealing
of N1.1 trillion worth of crude oil under his watch as minister of petroleum.
“The presidency should tell
Nigerians what has been done to recover the stolen N18 billion internally
displaced persons (IDPs) intervention fund and the N10 billion National Health
Insurance Scheme (NHIS) fund alleged to have been stolen from the treasury
single account (TSA) by APC officials and presidency cabal,” it read.
“The Buhari presidency must
immediately explain why it has been providing cover for the cabinet minister
reported to have bought a property worth N280 million in Abuja from corrupt
enrichment.
“How can a President who enjoys
the company of perjurer, looters and is never aware of the activities of
corrupt people around him, fight the menace of corruption?”
Ologbondiyan described Buhari’s
presidency as “stark pretentiously sanctimonious.”
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