The National Chairman of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole, has called on President Muhammadu
Buhari to make it a point of “duty to man and to God” to prosecute those who
wasted $16billion on electricity.
Oshiomhole urged Buhari to probe
the controversial $16billion power fund “wasted” on the power sector by the
administration of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Speaking during the APC
Presidential campaign rally in Warri, Delta State, on Thursday, the former Edo
State governor also insisted that the PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku
Abubakar was not fit to rule Nigeria.
Oshiomhole urged Buhari to
“ensure that he follows through till he gets answers to how the $16billion
appropriated by the previous PDP administration was spent and ensure that
everyone involved in the mismanagement is punished.
“We spoke loud at the National
Economic Council. We told Jonathan ‘don’t do it’. We told PDP not to deceive
the people but they went ahead. Uduaghan and I held a press conference at my
private residence in Benin. We warned that this DISCO, which is owned by a
family, will destroy the economy of our states.
“Today, are you not having power
crisis in Delta State? Even in Edo State, the Governor is fighting every day.
They took $16billion in the name of power supply. They took the money and put
it in their pockets and Nigeria remains in the dark. They signed agreement of
20 years, which is difficult to revive.
“But, Mr President, in your
second term, I urge you with respect sir; you must fulfill the question which
we have asked. After $16billion, you will ask, where is the light? Mr.
President, you have a duty to man and to God, to ensure that that question must
be answered. It must be answered judiciously. It must be answered in the court
of law and what people are entitled to know.”
On Atiku’s candidature, he said:
“Yesterday I was watching the television and I saw PDP presidential candidate
and a former customs officer (Atiku). He was saying in the likely event that
Nigerians make the mistake of their lives to vote for him (Atiku) as President,
whether they like it or not, even if he would die, that he will sell the oil
reserves of Delta, Akwa Ibom, Edo states and that he would auction all oil
properties of Nigeria, whether they [Nigerians] like it or not.
“If somebody puts you on notice
that if you vote for him that he is going to sell your family, will you agree?
Will you vote for him? When Atiku was the Vice-President, I was the President
of the Nigeria Labour Congress. When they wanted to sell Nigeria Airways, when
we told him ‘no’, he [Atiku] said he doesn’t care. He just wanted to sell
Nigeria Airways.”
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Hoe much was released for the project and what level of work was done? Answer those questions and we would know how much fraud was perpetrated.Is NNPC now not in worse scandal than what u are mentioning under Buhari's watch? Alika
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