APC makes more looting allegations against GEJ govt

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has again come up with three new cases of alleged looting under former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.

The party, which described the looting under the last administration as the worst in Nigeria’s history, said until the rot is cleaned, Nigeria would not be able to actualise its potentials.
“On August 16, 2015, we listed some instances of the breath-taking looting of the treasury by some officials of the immediate past administration. Today, we bring three more heart-rendering cases to the attention of Nigerians. We will not relent until closure has been brought to this issue,” the APC said in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Sunday in Abuja.

The party listed the three new cases as follow: A mind-shattering 2.2 billion-US-dollar arms scandal; alleged 6.9 million-dollar fraud by the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to President Jonathan, committed under the guise of buying three mobile stages for the President and 2.5 billion-Naira scam involving the rent of house boats.

He lamented that while those charged with handling the cases are finalising the details of bringing the suspects to justice, the People Democratic Party (PDP) has already gone on the offensive claiming that the country is worse off in the past three months under President Muhammadu Buhari.

”It is clear to all Nigerians that the debilitating impact of 16 years of PDP’s misrule cannot be reversed in just three months. It is an obvious truth that it is always easier to destroy than to construct, but nothing will stand in the way of the Buhari administration’s commitment to improving the quality of life of Nigerians and making our country to function again.

“They say we are yet to fulfil our campaign promises to Nigeria, but they have forgotten that if only the PDP/Jonathan administration had not stolen Nigeria blind, there would have been more than enough money to give school children in Nigeria not just one, but three meals a day and even pay 5,000 Naira to 50 million most vulnerable Nigerians, not just the 25 million we promised in our manifesto,” the statement read in part.

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Describing the posturing of the PDP, particularly the allegation that Nigeria is worse off in the past three months, as “ totally provocative, shameless and uncharitable”, the APC praised Nigerians for showing absolute understanding and faith in the leadership of President Buhari to change the way that Nigeria has been misruled in the last 16 years.
It, however, advised that those who are sympathetic towards PDP for the exposure of its looting spree so far should realize that the magnitude of the lootings could not allow for silence on the matter.
“Those who would rather give comfort to the looters by dismissing the media exposure of looting cases as mere hell-raising should realise that no sane person can be silent in the face of what is unfolding as the worst cases of brazen stealing of public funds in Nigeria’s history,” the party said.

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