President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to a call by the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that he should resign.
PDP’s National Chairman, Uche Secondus had called on Buhari
to resign due to the alleged spate of corruption in his government.
Speaking on behalf of the Party at a press briefing on
Friday, Secondus had accused the Buhari led government of supervising
re-looting of the National treasury.
Secondus had said Buhari should do the honourable thing by
resigning as an elder statesman.
He noted that the current investigation ongoing at the
National Assembly shows that the government has no head.
However, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media
and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, in a statement on Friday night, said the
call by Secondus was a mere camouflage of the PDP’s fear the various probes
initiated by the Buhari administration, which had led to the uncovering of the
many cases of corruption, would expose characters within the opposition
further.
He said the many cans of worms, which have been opened in
recent times, including those exposed through the probe of the activities of
the anti-corruption outfit, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC), was because Buhari summoned the courage to fight and expose corruption,
no matter whose ox is gored.
The statement noted the demand by the opposition party had
exposed it as being scared of the sorts of dirty hidden secrets that the it
would wish were kept covered, adding that President Buhari would not be
deterred by the opposition’s distractive strategies.
“Based on the statement issued by the embattled chairman of
the Party, Prince Uche Secondus, it is clear that they would have liked the
President to not investigate but to cover things up: to not wake the sleeping
lion as voiced by another of their leaders.
“The PDP government, which exited the stage five years ago
through a democratic election by voters dissatisfied with corruption on an
industrial scale, policy paralysis, obsolete and decaying essential
infrastructure appears to have forgotten the reason for their stunning defeat
and seem hell-bent on the fooling the nation, yet again for another ride to
power.
“President Buhari will not resign. He is determined to
continue the crusade against corruption, both legacy and recently unearthed
cases, that are found to be shabbily handled, and in some cases unattended to
by past administrations.
“The National Assembly, by virtue of its right to conduct
its oversight function is currently carrying out own investigations.
Additionally, the security and intelligence agencies are equally doing their
part and must be given the time and space to conclude their work and present
their reports.
“The PDP cannot scare the government from probing the grave
allegations made against MDAs and their chiefs because failure to do so will
amount to a historic betrayal of public trust.
“The PDP cannot subject Nigeria’s democracy to subterranean
attacks and continue to pretend that they are well-meaning,” the statement
said.
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