A political activist, Timi Frank,
on Sunday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to constitute a panel of inquiry to
investigate the alleged illegal withdrawal of N10billion from the Treasury
Single Account (TSA).
Frank, in a statement, indicted
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and the Auditor General of the Federation (AGF),
Anthony Ayine.
He demanded the suspension of the
AGF to allow for unhindered investigation.
The former Deputy National
Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) noted that for
Osinbajo, “it appears to be a season of one month one corruption scandal.”
He lamented that the nation was
sinking deeper into corruption, with multiple fraud scandals, at a time
Nigerians expected to see tangible dividends of the anti-corruption war.
Frank dared Osinbajo to explain
his role in the various corruption allegations that have been trailing him
since 2017 rather than always running to court to divert attention.
He urged the National Assembly
not only to probe “the N10billion TSA heist”, but to act on the outcome and
initiate impeachment proceedings against Osinbajo if found wanting.
Frank said: “First, Osinbajo was
linked to N90billion said to have been funneled to him by the Federal Inland
Revenue Service (FIRS) to prosecute the 2019 general elections in the
Southwest. The Vice President was also said to have received the sum of
N4billion from the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC).
“The House of Representatives
Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness had indicted Osinbajo for
approving the sum of N5.8billion for emergency intervention of food security to
the northeast in June 2017, when he was acting president. This is why the
present allegation of illegal withdrawal of N10billion from the TSA made
against the VP has become one scam too many.”
The government critic opined that
only a thorough and unbiased investigative panel that can either confirm or
disprove the allegations.
He insisted that Osinbajo, as an
elected public official, owes Nigerians an inalienable obligation to explain
his part in all these corruption allegations against him.
Frank said going to court and
seeking to use legal gymnastics to intimidate and harass whistleblowers was
diversionary.
Frank added that the probe of the
suspended acting chairman of the EFCC should serve as a template for the
unraveling of this mind-boggling looting of the nation’s treasury.
He stated Nigerians expect the National
Assembly to rise up and defend democracy and ensure that the nation’s resources
are not being brazenly plundered in this sordid manner.”
Frank said it was time the
lawmakers jettisoned their “rubber stamp attitude”, conduct diligent
investigations and ensure that those found to have abused their offices are
booted out.
This, he stressed, would serve as
a deterrent to others.
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