Buhari shields looters, has no moral right to accuse anyone of being a thief —PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday regretted President Muhammadu Buhari’s alleged hypocrisy in his government’s fight against corruption, accusing him of shielding alleged looters around him.

The national publicity secretary of the PDP, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, who stated this at the 2018 Ogidi Day celebration, at Ogidi, Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, therefore challenged Buhari to show honesty in the fight against corruption by probing the source of his campaign fund in the 2015 general elections.

According to the opposition party spokesman, it was ironical that President Buhari who claimed to have obtained a loan to purchase the nomination form of his party prior to the general election, could have so much money to raise so much money for his campaigns across the country.

He said that if the President is sincere, that it was pertinent for him to explain how he got the billions of Naira spent on his electioneering campaign.

“The President’s remark sounded strange to us in the Peoples Democratic Party because we believe as a party that the president has been providing cover for alleged looters around him and we believe that if the president is sincere about the fight against corruption he should make a public disclosure about how his election fund in 2015 was raised.

“He should tell us who contributed what, but, if he refuses to do that, Mr. President does not have any moral platform upon which he would stand and accuse any Nigerian of being a thief.

“The PDP is challenging Mr. President that he should make a full disclosure of how his election money was raised in 2014 and he should tell us what the contributions of the people were,” Ologbondiyan said.

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On the plan by some former members of the party and others to return to PDP, he said, “The Peoples Democratic Party is ready to receive the old, the new and the returning members whoever is desirous of removing the inept government of APC must be prepared to work with the PDP because that is the only party that has the necessary spread across the federation capable of removing the ruling government and as such many Nigerians who are tired of hunger and starvation, many Nigerians who are tired of insecurity in the land are ready to work with PDP.”

PDP spokesman also spoke on claims that the party was considering a change of its name saying, “As regards the change of name our party is not discussing change of name, although there are people who want to work with us and are asking us for change of name but our contact and mobilisation committee headed by the former Governor of Cross River State, Liyel Imoke is talking to them.”

 

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