The osun
state chapter of the
peoples democratic party pdp has described the anti-graft war as a measure to curtail opposition part in
the state , the state chapter of the party challenge president muhammad buhari
to probe his corrupt party members and not only PDP party member , read the the
statement “ it is pertinent at this
point to draw the attention of well-meaning nigerians and indeed the
international community to the gross impunity, selectivity and high handedness
which have trailed the anti-corruption war of the APC government led by retired
general muhammadu buhari in the last one year. “it is becoming evident with
each passing day that the buhari administration is using its much vaunted war
against graft as a tool to decimate the camp of those who disagree with it on
any issue and ensure that it remains politically relevant as another general
election draws nearer”. “an objective assessment of the corruption war so far
shows a clear lack of sincerity, clear partisanship and apparent steam of
vendetta exhibited in the way the economic and financial crimes commission
cherry picks its targets depending mainly on whether they are in agreements or
in opposition to the politics of the president”. “nigerians will recall that
since the buhari administration came on board a little over a year ago, the
only known ‘friend’ of the president who had been arrested on charges of
corruption was one mr. Jaffar issa who was picked by the efcc early january on
allegations that he received a hundred million naira from the office of the
national security adviser. A few days later however, mr. Issa was released from
custody and has remained a free man till date”. “while dozens of petitions have
been written with documentary evidence of corrupt practices against at least
two serving ministers of the buhari administration (dr kayode fayemi and mr.
Rotimi amaechi), the efcc has ignored calls for their investigation and
prosecution. Well reported and documented allegations of corruption, influence
peddling and nepotism in the recruitment into the cbn, firs and other federal
agencies have equally been glossed over by the anti-graft agency”. “a 50
billion dollar bribery allegation made against an energy company where persons
close to the president are known to have some interests has also been left
unattended for reasons well known to discerning members of the public”. “while
the efcc is busy pursuing leaders of the people’s democratic party ; throwing
them into illegal detentions and subjecting them to humiliating media trials
over campaign funds used in governorship and presidential elections, it has
failed to beam its search on how the ruling APC hired private jets and
international pr consultants, mobilized for rallies, sponsored tv and newspaper
advertorials and carried out other expenses running into trillions of naira
when it is on record that its presidential candidate claimed he could not
afford a sum of 27 million naira to buy his nomination form in 2014”. “if you
must probe where fayose and omisore got their governorship campaign funds from,
why not beam the same light on how aregbesola, oshiomole and fayemi funded
theirs? Are their two different sets of laws and morality in the books of the federal
government as it pursues its agenda? Should the efcc which is itself a product
of the law turn against the law in the way it violates the constitution and
court orders especially as it haunts governor ayo fayose, otunba iyiola omisore
and other PDP leaders”? “nigerians will also recollect that a notable lagos
lawyer and human rights activist, mr. Ebun adegboruwa who had been vocal in his
criticism of the one sided, ill-conceived corruption war of the buhari
administration was arrested and detained a few days after appearing on a
television show to demand that the buhari administration follows due process of
the law and adopt a less partisan approach in the corruption war”. “it is
pertinent to repeat that our party is willing to support any genuine efforts to
stamp out the menace of corruption from our public life on the condition that
such efforts are holistic and non-discriminatory. Nigeria is our common
heritage and must be saved from the hemorrhage of looting of public funds under
any guise and by any group of persons regardless of their political leanings”.
“what we reject is the present deceptive campaign which is an apparent
political gimmick to hide the monumental failure of the APC government to
positively affect the lives of the vast majority of Nigerians after more than
one year in office”. “we are convinced that what the buhari administration
seeks to do is to stifle dissenting voices and make political opposition weaker
in order to have a smooth sail in the 2019 elections. This appears to be the
only option for a party that has not and may not make any meaningful difference
in the social-economic life of the citizens in the next three years. This is an
option Nigerians must collectively reject in the interest of our dear nation”. Source
The question
here , are aregbesola, oshiomole and fayemi not corrupt or is the efcc stopped
from probing them. Some says aregbesola, oshiomole and fayemi are connected
with the misappropriated armed fund while some sees it as an effort to cripple
opposition.
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