A chieftain of the ruling All
Progressives Congress, APC, Timi Frank, has challenged the Buhari government to
expose corrupt party members.
He also called for publication of
names of those who have returned the money and how much has been recovered, for
the sake of transparency in the fight against corruption.
Frank, the APC former Deputy
National Publicity Secretary, said not doing so would amount to keeping
Nigerians in the dark if people were not made to know how much had been
recovered since the current administration emerged.
In a statement in reaction to
looters’ list released by the government, Frank said “While I commend the fight
against corruption and the vigour of our party, we must not forget that ‘he who
comes to equity, must come with clean hands.
“For APC government to be taken
seriously in this war against corruption, President Muhammadu Buhari must
emulate the likes of President John Magufuli of Tanzania, who started fighting
corruption with members of his party and cabinet who have been indicted of
corruption.
“We should not make the fight
against corruption one-sided, political or sentimental.
“Until Nigerians could see the
names of some serving government officials and other APC members who have been
accused of corruption in the so call looters list, it might just be an exercise
for propaganda which Nigerians will never take seriously.
“Let it not be that once someone
joins APC, his or her sins have been forgiven. There are many accused people in
APC today who were in PDP yesterday, how come their names are not on this list?
“The list in its entirety as
released by the Minister of Information and Culture smacks clearly as an
opposition party list and as such exonerates corrupt officials in the ruling
party, which paints the corruption fight as purely selective.
“Several PDP Governors and
stalwarts who had decamped to the ruling party, even after being accused have
been left off the hook, thereby undermining the entire anti-corruption fight as
evident in the public domain.”
The APC chieftain urged the
Nigerian government to remember the promise the ruling party made during the
campaign in 2015.
“So, until government boldly make
it known to Nigerians how much has been recovered as claimed, the world might
not take the fight against corruption serious.
“I believe this corruption fight
must not be partisan because we are all Nigerians first before political party,
therefore we must treat everybody fairly irrespective of political
affiliation,” he said.
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