The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) says Mansur Dan-Ali, minister of defence, is expending funds meant for
the military on the campaign of President Muhammadu Buhari.
In a statement on Monday, Kola
Ologbodiyan, PDP spokesman, said funds meant for military equipment and welfare
of soldiers are channeled to the production of “partisan materials for All
Progressives Congress (APC) re-election campaign.”
Ologbondiyan said by allegedly
using these funds for such purpose, the ruling party had turned the defence
ministry to its automated teller machine (ATM).
“Placing of APC logo alongside
that of the ministry of defence on the momento confirms our position that the
Buhari Presidency has compromised our defence architecture for Mr. President’s
re-election project,” he said.
“Our party considers it
insensitive and a gross impunity for the minister of defence to be engaging in
patronising soverniers for President Buhari at a time when our soldiers are
being killed in their numbers.
“It is also instructive to note
that President Muhammadu Buhari, as Mr. Integrity, has not reprimanded the
minister, ostensibly, given that the diversion of public funds for his
re-election campaign is now a policy of the APC and the Buhari presidency.
“Nigerians can now see how the
Buhari Presidency and the APC have turned the Ministry of Defence into their
Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) to fund their re-election, at the detriment of
our citizens who are being daily attacked by insurgents and marauders in
various parts of our country.”
Ologbondiyan called for an
investigation into the military’s funds in a bid to “unravel those benefitting
from the racket”.
Efforts made to reach Tukur
Gusau, spokesman of the defence minister, were not successful as his telephone
line was out of reach.
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