By Emma Ogbuehi
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the acceptance by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that it retained a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor that allegedly supervised the sharing of money and looting of the treasury, is an admission that it deliberately sabotaged the economy and made life very difficult for Nigerians.
PDP made the remarks in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan.
The PDP invited Nigerians to note the nerviness, uneasiness and tension which, it alleged have gripped the APC since the call for the resignation and prosecution of the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, was brought to the public, adding that the apprehension was due to the fear that such will definitely expose the atrocities of APC leaders.
“Our party insists that by the comments of the APC National Secretary, Senator John Akpan Udoedehe, the APC deliberately kept a CBN Governor that supposedly supervised the “sharing and looting” of monies in office to enable APC leaders to pillage the CBN.
“Akpan Udoedehe might want to be reminded that General Buhari, as he was then known, had in his campaign, promised to fight corruption, yet he retained a CBN Governor, who his party is now accusing of having superintend over “sharing and looting” of funds in the CBN.
“Is it not revealing that six years down the line, with the naira heavily depreciated, the same CBN Governor, whom Akpan Udoedehe claimed to have supervised the “sharing and looting” of monies in CBN is still in office?”, PDP asked.
It called on the APC and the Buhari Presidency to come clean on their activities in the CBN that has brought the value of the naira to her knees and stop the horrible resort by the APC to blackmail those who are demanding for transparency and accountability in the nation’s fiscal sector.