The Arewa Youths Consultative
Forum, AYCF, on Sunday reacted to the petition forwarded to the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the
All Progressives Congress, APC.
Speaking with Dailypost,
President General of AYCF, Yerima Shettima said Nigerians should not expect the
EFCC to prosecute Tinubu.
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.
He 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.
“The commission would recall that
it was reported all over the news that Bullion Vans allegedly containing an
undisclosed amount of cash were seen entering the home of Bola Ahmed Tinubu,
former governor of Lagos State on the eve of Nigeria’s presidential elections.
Tinubu himself admitted to this fact while responding to questions by
journalists.
“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 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 said.
However, Shettima explained that
EFCC may not go ahead to probe Tinubu because of his affiliation with the
ruling party.
According to Shettima: “It’s an
allegation and all Tinubu needs is to come forward and make clarifications and
I just hope that the so called institution which is the EFCC would do the
necessary thing by looking into the issue.
“There is nothing wrong if there
is an allegation and somebody is petitioned and there is nothing wrong in
Tinubu coming out to make clarifications, there is nothing extraordinary in
this matter and I see nothing coming out from this petition especially coming
from the quarter it’s coming from.
“Our position on this issue is
that even if you are an APC member, nothing will come out of this issue but if
you are an enemy, not part of them, then certainly something will come out of
it.”
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