The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has revealed the main problem of the party as he noted that the APC is sad that a PDP member is the Deputy to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki.
Oyegun opened up while reacting to a comment by Senator Dino Melaye who noted that the APC should be grateful it did not lose the Senate President’s seat to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Oyegun in reaction said: “the thing that rankled us most was the election of Ekweremadu as Deputy Senate President.”
He continued: “Saraki is a member of the APC, much as the main line of the party would have wished a different result and a different scenario but we all find it very, very difficult to accept the emergence of a PDP person as his deputy,”
Oyegun while answering question on why the PDP was being investigated for its campaign funds while the APC members were not being prosecuted said: “We are not investigating PDP campaign funds. We are investigating records as to how public funds were hijacked for illegal purposes which were not budgeted for by the National Assembly”.
He continued: “Nobody in business who contributed a lot of money has been dragged to any tribunal because he gave PDP funds. Public funds, public resources, money that belongs to you, me and the people of this country were stolen and diverted.
“Crude oil was being illegally sold to fund the campaigns and other political activities. Not just the campaigns, people just shared money and pocketed.
“Anybody who steals from the treasury either to fund campaign, or to put in his pocket or to buy an estate in every part of the world would be asked questions. It must not be allowed.
“Nobody must be allowed to get away with that. It is not the same with campaign funding. We are not investigating PDP campaign funds” he added.
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