The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday alleged that N14tn
had been stolen under the All Progressives Congress-led Presidency.
It said the party and President Muhammadu Buhari were
desperate to remain in power in order to prevent investigations into the
matter.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan,
made the allegations in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja.
Ologbondiyan alleged that the stolen money included the N9tn
allegedly stolen from the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, as detailed in the
leaked Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s memo; the over N1.4tn alleged
oil subsidy sleaze and the N1.1tn worth of crude allegedly diverted using 18
unregistered companies.
He listed others to include the N33bn National Emergency
Management Agency fund and the over N18bn allegedly stolen out of the N48bn
approved by the National Assembly in the 2017 budget for the rehabilitation of
internally displaced persons in the North-East among others.
The party’s spokesman also claimed that the present
administration’s “unwholesome” borrowing led to the escalation of the nation’s
debt stock from N12.12tn in 2015 to N24.39tn in 2018.
He said within three years, Buhari’s administration had
borrowed N12.27tn and yet could not point to any significant project which the
money was invested in.
Ologbondiyan said, “The President Muhammadu Buhari-led
Presidency and the APC are desperate to remain in power at all costs, so as to
continue to exploit Nigerians, protect the APC corrupt leaders, cover their
incompetence and conceal the humongous sleazes in their administration.
“This is the reason the APC and the cabal at the incompetent
Buhari Presidency resorted to violence, intimidation as well as manipulations and
alteration of results at the Independent National Electoral Commission to rig
the February 23 presidential election.
“This also explains why the APC’s agents and certain
presidential aides have been making desperate efforts to distract the
Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal and derail the course of justice by
making and promoting baseless judicial interpretations and externalising the
proceedings of the court.”
He added, “The PDP urges Nigerians not to despair but
continue to be steadfast in the aspiration for the recovery of the stolen
presidential mandate at the tribunal, as this is the only way to return our
nation to the path of peace, national unity and a vibrant economy.”
Efforts to get the reaction of the APC’s National Publicity
Secretary, Lanre Issa- Onilu, proved abortive on Sunday evening.
Calls made to his mobile telephone indicated it was not
reachable.
He had yet to respond to a text message our correspondent sent
to him.
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