Political activist and former
Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
Comrade Timi Frank, has maintained his earlier stance that about N90 billion
were diverted to prosecute the 2019 general election for the APC.
Frank has also distanced himself
from claims that only N40 billion were stolen from the Federal Inland Revenue
Service (FIRS) to prosecute 2019 election by the ruling party.
In a statement he signed and made
available on Tuesday, Frank demanded an apology from the FIRS for
saying that he was been used to fabricate lies against the revenue-generating
agency, adding that he is a man of integrity.
He, however, stated that the
agency and the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have explanations to make to the
world regarding the missing money.
Frank challenged the authority of
FIRS to live up to its earlier threat of going to court as soon as possible.
Comrade Frank also accused the
FIRS of being the brain behind the N40 billion claim in the media to divert
attention from the original N90 billion allegations to make his revelation
appear unbelievable.
The Bayelsa born activist also
condemned the ruling party for describing the stolen money report as hogwash.
Frank said if the APC actually
has the interest of the country at heart few elements who were not in the know
of how its leadership mismanaged the taxpayer’s hard-earned money ought to have
been worried by the revelations.
“I don’t know where the report of
N40 billion is coming from and I don’t actually have a connection with the
PRNigeria who released the report but it is incumbent on me to state
categorically that my position on the stolen N90 billion has not changed.
“I have waited patiently for
either of the parties involved in the swindling of Nigeria taxpayers’ money to
sue me but up till now, the shameless elements are still hiding under one
finger.
“They threatened but could not
live up to their own expectations. A media organization was forced to retract
the report thinking it will end there but so many courageous media houses and
social media ensured that the truth could not be hidden. I salute the
courageous ones, even as history will never forget them in a hurry,” Frank
said.
Reacting to the APC statement
describing the report as hogwash, Comrade Frank said the judgment day for the
ruling party is just by the corner.
“It is a shame for the leadership
of the APC to speak on this matter now having kept quiet since the revelation
was made. Understandably the party is the beneficiary, it must do everything
possible to divert public attention,” he said.
He called on Nigerians,
especially the rights groups and courageous individuals to defend Nigeria’s
democracy by urgently rescuing it from the handlers of the current government
for the sake of innocent Nigerians.
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