The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to go beyond the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal and former Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA and prosecute other leaders of his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, who have been openly indicted of corruption.
The party said by singling out Lawal and Ayodele Oke, for prosecution, while providing official cover for numerous other indicted APC leaders and persons close to 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, therefore, challenged President Buhari to immediately order the prosecution of all APC leaders, particularly members of his Presidential Campaign Council, beginning with the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, the Campaign Director-General, Rotimi Amaechi, other directors, and zonal coordinators, who have allegations of corruption hanging on their necks.
The PDP asked President Buhari to immediately order the prosecution of the former aide to the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, 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 the alleged involvement of some individuals said to be close to the presidency in the ₦1.032 trillion alleged corrupt acquisitions in 9mobile and Keystone Bank Plc.”
He was also invited to order an investigation into allegations that persons close to him and serving in his presidency took ₦500 million as a bribe to reduce the fine imposed on a telecommunication company operating in the country, from ₦1.03 trillion to ₦330 billion.
The party challenged President Buhari to allow an inquest into the ₦14 trillion looted oil money, as detailed in an NNPC leaked memo; the handling of the repatriated $322m that has been siphoned under the guise of sharing to the poor; the ₦33 billion Internally Displaced Persons intervention fund and the billions of naira already frittered through the ‘tradermoni scheme’.
