PDP, agents of corruption blackmailing Buhari’s govt. says Oyegun
The All
Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday asked Nigerians, who see merit in
the war against corruption by the Buhari government not to be distracted
by the PDP and their agents of corruption, who are bent on blackmailing
the anti-graft crusade.
The party asked the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) to be free to approach any of the anti-graft agencies
constitutionally mandated to handle corruption cases with proof of
corruption against any APC member or serving minister under the Buhari
government rather than making unsubstantiated allegations.
In a statement issued by the APC
National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the APC condemned the
unprovoked insults and unguarded statements by PDP on President
Muhammadu Buhari and other members of the APC.
Oyegun said: “The APC is worried by
PDP’s inciting statements. Respect for the office of the President or
heads of government in any clime is not a matter of choice, but a civic
obligation sanctioned by laws. Being an opposition party or critic is no
licence to issue abusive, intemperate and slanderous statements on
government officials; most especially the President of the country.
“The PDP has proven that it is not a
party to be trusted or taken seriously. Only recently, the PDP said in a
December 24, 2015 statement: ‘we urge that Nigerians should not
recourse to hauling insults on the President’.
“For the umpteenth time, the APC urges
Nigerians, who see merit in the war that the President Buhari-led
administration is waging against corruption, not to be distracted by the
PDP and their agents of corruption to discredit the war. For the
records, the ongoing war against corruption is not selective. Anybody
guilty of corrupt practices will face the law.
“If the PDP has any proof of corruption
against any APC member or minister as alleged, we advise that they
approach any of the anti-graft agencies constitutionally mandated to
handle such cases.
“PDP’s rant suggesting a selective
anti-corruption fight by the present administration should be seen as a
plot meant to distract the citizenry from the successful ongoing war
against graft.
“The PDP does not have the luxury of
dictating how the present administration carries out its legitimate duty
of catching looters, as long as it conforms to the rule of law.”
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