The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)
says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should “remain in quarantine” for the
“humongous amounts of money stolen by the party” during its 16-year rule.
Ishaq Akintola, MURIC director,
said this on Thursday while reacting to the recent apology offered to Nigerians
by Uche Secondus, PDP national chairman.
In a statement issued after a
meeting of the group’s central think-tank in Abuja, Akintola described the
apology as “half-hearted” and “deceitful”.
Accusing the PDP of various
corrupt practices, the MURIC director said the party “should just remain in
quarantine… corruption is a highly contagious disease”.
“It (apology) is half-hearted
because it is not comprehensive. Secondus said he apologised to Nigerians for
‘impunity, the imposition of candidates and other mistakes made in the past.’
Just like that? Nothing was mentioned about the humongous amounts of money
stolen by the PDP and whether or not the stolen funds will be returned,” he
said.
“Nothing was said about
widespread corruption during PDP’s reign. There was no mention of
infrastructural negligence. Does Secondus expect Nigerians to swallow that dry
apology hook, line and sinker? No, the tides have turned. Nigerians are now
wiser. Who is the PDP trying to deceive?”
“The apology is deceitful because
even its megaphones do not believe that any apology should be offered. They are
still arrogant and unrepentant. Femi Fani-Kayode, a PDP chieftain and firebrand
megaphone, lambasted Uche Secondus for apologizing.
“Femi Fani-Kayode’s body
language, coupled with Fayose’s hateful comportment and utterances since PDP
fell from grace to grass are indubitable evidence of lack of remorse and
unmitigated impunity. He who must come to equity must come with clean hands.
PDP must be kept at bay.”
He added that Nigerians “sent PDP
packing” because of “its kleptomania and its flair for sharing money meant for
building roads, electricity, education, etc, among its leaders.”
“Before PDP can think of coming
back, the party must tell us that it has agreed that stealing is corruption.
Not only that, it must offer unreserved apology to the Nigerian hoi polloi for
making that sweeping and misleading statement. Until they change that erroneous
ideology, we will not touch PDP with a long pole,” he added.
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