The All Progressives Congress,
APC, has said that its members, even those in President Muhammadu Buhari’s
cabinet will not be excused in the fight against corruption.
The Acting National Publicity
Secretary of the party, Yekini Nabena, in a statement yesterday, challenged
Nigerians to petition the anti-corruption agencies against any person they considered
corrupt.
The APC was reacting to the
barrage of attacks that trailed the threat from President Buhari to jail
corrupt persons on arrival from London.
The Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, and other Nigerians had demanded that Buhari should start the jailing with
the ruling party’s National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and former
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, David Babachir Lawal and others.
The party stated, “It is not true
that Mr. President is targeting opposition by that statement.
“We are all in this country to
know that a serving APC Senator is currently facing trial over corruption.
“When he said he is going to jail
more people, he was not targeting only the opposition.
“The law will always take its
course and it does not matter where he starts. If Nigerians want Mr President
to prosecute Oshiomhole or anyone close to the President, they should do the
needful.
“If anyone can establish any case
against them, let the law takes its course.
“Nobody is shielding anybody and
we challenge the judiciary to live up to the expectations of Nigerians in
handling corruption cases.”
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