The All Progressives Congress has accused the People’s Democratic Party of plotting to blackmail the EFCC and other agencies in the fight against corruption while urging the anti-corruption agencies not to be distracted by the attacks of the PDP against the anti-graft war of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
A statement by the National Secretary of the APC, Mai Mala Buni, predicated the blackmail on the separate press statements issued on Friday by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose, among others, alleging plans by the APC and the Buhari administration to silence the opposition through a selective anti-corruption fight.
The statement also urged the anti-graft agencies not to relent on their determination to investigate and bring all looters of the national treasury to justice.
It dismissed the PDP’s opinion that Buhari was selective in the anti-corruption war just as it described as untrue the insinuation that APC had resolved to turn Nigeria into a one-party state.
“In three orchestrated press statements issued on Friday, the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose, among others, alleged plans by the APC and President Buhari’s administration to silence the opposition through a selective anti-corruption fight. Also, the acting National Chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus, on Friday, accused the APC of attempting to turn the country into a one-party state”, the ruling party stated.
“The APC urges the anti-corruption agencies not to be distracted by these syndicated and coordinated attacks and continue to employ all legal and legitimate avenues to bring to book all looters of our commonwealth.
“It is clear that the PDP is out of sync and out of step with the generality of Nigerians on the clamour to bring to book all looters of public funds. The days of impunity are over. The PDP and treasury thieves must pay for the recklessness and shocking mis-management of public funds perpetuated under the defunct 16-year PDP rule. It is however reassuring that in spite of desperate and shameless attempts by the PDP and it’s agents to discredit President Buhari’s anti-corruption efforts, the war against corruption is being won.
“The PDP camp in baseless allegations accuses the president of a selective anti-corruption fight while members of the APC ‘with serious corruption allegations go about their businesses’. The PDP camp in continuation of its laughable conspiracy theories also speaks of ‘a calculated attempt to decimate and silence the opposition’ through the anti-corruption fight and an attempt to turn the country to a one-party state.
“The position of the APC has not changed. For the umpteenth time, if the PDP has any proof of corruption against any APC member as alleged, we advise that they approach any of the anti-graft agencies constitutionally mandated to handle such cases.
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