Atiku Abubakar, former Vice
President of Nigeria, has again lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Waziri of Adamawa on
Wednesday hailed the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate for
admitting his failure in the fight against corruption.
The People’s Democratic Party
(PDP) presidential candidate, in a statement he personally signed, said his attention was drawn to Buhari’s comment in
which he blamed his inability to fight corruption on the Nigerian system.
According to the President, his
administration is slow in fighting corruption because the system is slow.
“But my point of departure from
the President is in blaming his failure on the system. I disagree. The system
has challenges, yes, but where there is political will, the system can make
progress.
“I was Vice President of Nigeria
from 1999 to 2007 and we used that same system to speedily convict no less a
personality than an Inspector General of Police, and several others including
cabinet ministers and other high officials.
“Mr. President, the problem with
your anti-corruption war is not the system. You are the problem!
“The system allows you to arrest,
try and convict your former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, who
was fingered in a major corruption case, but you chose to let him go Scot free
and you demonstrated your tolerance for his corruption by giving him a
prominent role in your re-election campaign and recently welcoming him to the
Presidential Villa with open arms.
“The system allowed you to
arrest, try and convict Abdulrasheed Maina, the biggest ever alleged thief in our
civil service history, who is suspected of looting the pensions of millions of
aged Nigerians. Yet you chose not to go that route, preferring instead to
recall him, reinstate and double promote him while giving him armed guards to
move about.
“The system allows you to probe
the $25 billion NNPC contracts awarded without due process, but you chose to
bury the matter under the carpet, hoping the Nigerian people will forget about
that grand scale alleged looting exposed by a leaked memo from a member of your
cabinet.
“Finally, nothing in the system
stops you from telling Nigerians who owns the billions found in an Ikoyi
apartment.
“Based on the above statement of
facts, I will not allow you to to make Nigeria the scapegoat for your failure.
Your failure is personal, and not national.
“If you could go abroad to insult
Nigerian youths as lazy, why did you go to Paris to praise a governor who was
caught red-handed receiving bribes on camera?
“The system did not stop the EFCC
from charging the opposition Governor of Akwa-Ibom, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, as a
co-accused in the case involving the NBA Chairman, Mr Paul Usoro (SAN).
Contrast this with the treatment meted out to Governor Umar Ganduje of the
ruling All Progressive Congress.
“Besides, your excuse is deceptive,
because you have staunchly resisted restructuring. If you really believed that
the system is the problem, you would have embraced restructuring.
“Unfortunate as your admitted
failure in the war on corruption is, it is your economic policy that is the
greater failure. Your lack of ideas and your politicisation of the corruption
war has made your administration fight legitimate businesses and the
opposition.
“I might add that it is actions
such as this that have led to an unprecedented capital flight which has caused
joblessness and made Nigeria the world headquarters for extreme poverty under
your watch.”
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Can Atiku just shut up in Nigeria. He will never be our president. If not for d system, would characters like Atiku still be talking?? Imagine atiku talking in China with all he has stolen from Nigeria...we will continue to stand with Buhari
ReplyDeleteAre his observations correct? Seems u did not read the article.
DeleteLeave the E rat alone. Vomiting rubbish because of 30k monthly stipends
DeleteBUHARI is a total failure in the economy cand in the fight against corruption. The truth is bitter.
ReplyDeleteThat person that says Atiku should shut up, I say God punish you uncountable folds, when Nigerians are seriously suffering under this so called change you talking rubbish, Buhari government is a total failure and we are going to change from him to Atiku
ReplyDeleteWe want Atiku in 2019 not Buhari
ReplyDeleteThis APC government has done more harm than good to the people of Nigeria
ReplyDeleteOur economy has gone down seriously under this failure government
ReplyDeleteWe must move from this poverty level to Atikulate in 2019
ReplyDeleteNeither Atiku nor Buhari is eligible to preside over us as a nation again.
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