The Lagos State chapter of the
All Progressives Congress, APC, has rubbished the petition submitted to the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against its National Leader,
Bola Tinubu.
The state chapter of the ruling
party dared those behind the petition to come up with proof that Tinubu had
stolen any money.
The convener of Concerned
Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju had on Friday submitted a petition to the EFCC to
investigate Tinubu over the source of money allegedly conveyed in bullion vans
to his residence during the 2019 Presidential election.
In the petition, the group had
said: “To the best of our knowledge, Mr Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a private citizen
who ordinarily should not be seen with a convoy of Bullion Vans.
“What are Bullion Vans doing in
the house of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu?
“Who owns the content, believing
to be cash in the Bullion Vans that were seen entering the house of Bola Ahmed
Tinubu on the eve of Nigerian presidential elections?
“Has the commission, based on its
core mandates, investigated the source of the Bullion Vans?
Adeyanju had called on the
commission to swing into action and begin an investigation into the appearance
of those Bullion Vans.
“We cannot as a nation have two
separate rules for fighting corruption, one for those opposed to the ruling
party and another for supporters of the government,” he had said.
Reacting, the spokesperson of the
party in Lagos State, Abiodun Salami, however, dismissed the petition against
Tinubu.
Speaking with Daily Trust,
yesterday, Salami said: “Let them come up with the proof. The man is a private
citizen and he has been out of government for the past 12 years.
“If he has decided to spend his
money on his party, how is that a problem? Let them come up with a proof that
somebody’s money is missing.”
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