PDP promises to release data of APC looters

The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, on Friday accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of being involved in corruption.

He promised that at the appropriate time, that the PDP “will come up with data of the monies stolen by the government of the APC.”

Secondus stated this in Abuja when a presidential aspirant in the 2019 general elections on the platform of the PDP, Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, officially presented a letter of intent to the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.

Earlier, Baba-Ahmed, had challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to prove the innocence of his government in matters relating to corruption.

Ahmed called on Buhari to address a world press conference to answer questions on the source of funding of all his presidential campaigns from 2003 until 2015 when he emerged president.

“Let President Buhari address a world press conference and deny that contract awards have not been inflated.

”He should address how his campaigns were funded in 2003, 2007, 2011 and the 2015 elections which came with questionable funding. Let me say also that the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) days are also questionable.

“The anti-corruption fight of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a lie. How can you collect corrupted monies from people’s salaries to get elected into power and two notoriously corrupt former governors were rewarded with juicy ministries?” he asked.

Baba-Ahmed decried the situation of Nigeria since Buhari’s emergence as President saying that “a government that cannot protect the lives of its citizens is not a government.”

According to him, “If APC wins in 2019, it is our fault. Nigeria as we have it today is practically 40 per cent of what it was in 2015 when APC took over. The country is in a very sorry state. We were promised security but crime has now assumed a new dimension.”

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In his response, Secondus promised the aspirant of a level playing field for all the contenders, noting that the era of money politics was over in PDP.

“We have resolved not to fail our party and the people of Nigeria. We have also resolved to conduct free and fair primaries and the mistakes of the past would not be repeated,” said the PDP boss who counseled the aspirant to woo delegates taking advantage of his youthful appeal.

“You are young and you have a youthful appeal. Obama (Barrack) and Clinton (Bill) were like you when they were elected President of the United States at different times. They moved mountains and like them, you have the knowledge, the language and the oratory. So, what else!” he said.

 

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