The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari not to limit his corruption prosecution to former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal and former Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, but to prosecute other leaders of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), who have been openly indicted of corruption.
The party said that singling out Lawal and Oke for prosecution, while providing official cover to numerous other indicted APC leaders and persons close to him, President Buhari has further confirmed that he is indeed partisan and insincere in prosecuting the anti-corruption fight.
“Moreover, the fact that, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Mr.
President had to give his nod before Babachir and Oke could be
prosecuted, also goes to further confirm that President Buhari has
annexed the system and directly determines who is prosecuted and who is
spared,” the PDP said in a statement on Tuesday.
The PDP therefore challenges President Buhari to immediately order the
prosecution of all APC leaders, particularly members of his Presidential
Campaign Council, beginning with the APC factional National Chairman,
Adams Oshiomhole, the campaign Director-General, Rotimi Amaechi, other
directors and zonal coordinators, who have allegations of corruption
hanging on their necks.
Mr. President should also immediately order the prosecution of the
former aide to the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, Mr. Baba Inna, who was
arrested in September last year, over accusations of receiving N2.5
billion from politicians, businessmen and women on behalf of the First
Lady.
In the same vein, he should also order the prosecution of Mrs. Amina
Mohammed, who while being paraded by the Department of State Services
(DSS), last year stated in public that persons close to President Buhari
were involved in serial fraud and looting of public resources under the
official cover of the Buhari Presidency.
President Buhari should also order an open inquest into alleged
involvement of some individuals said to be close to the Buhari
Presidency in the N1.032 trillion alleged corrupt acquisitions in
9Mobile and Keystone Bank PLC.
He is also invited to order an investigation into allegations that
persons close to him and serving in his Presidency took N500 million as
bribe to reduce the fine imposed on a telecommunication company
operating in the country, from N1.03 trillion to N330 billion.
Furthermore, we challenge President Buhari to allow an inquest into the
N14 trillion looted oil money under his watch, as detailed in the NNPC
leaked memo; the handling of the repatriated $322m that has been
siphoned under the guise of sharing to the poor; the N33 billion
Internally Displace Persons (IDP) intervention fund and the billions of
naira already frittered through the ‘Tradermoni scheme’.
Until Mr. President musters the required political will to carry out
these actions, his war against corruption remains a charade.
