Presidency tasks PDP leaders on stolen funds
The Presidency has challenged individual leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to publicly and voluntarily tell Nigerians “how much they stole”.
It said they should also agree to cough up their illegal acquisition of wealth if they want their apology to be taken seriously by Nigerians.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam GarbaShehu, in a statement yesterday advised Nigerians to be cautious of the “less-than-honest apology” offered by the PDP’s national chairman, Mr. Uche Secondus.
Shehu said the point made by the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, was apt and on cue that there were heavy moral duties that go with apologies if the culprits wanted to be taken seriously.
According to Shehu, the PDP is desperate to recapture power because it no longer has unhindered access to national resources for private uses and its apology should be seen in this context.
“The PDP has not even acknowledged the fact that it plundered the national economy, and for a party that dismissed the anti-corruption war as a political witch hunt, it is impossible to believe that its public apology comes from the bottom of the heart. Even desperate thieves apologize because they are caught and not because they are incapable of repeating the crime if they had another opportunity,” he said. Late Umar Buba Jibril