The
ruling All Progressive Congress has revealed more cases of corruption
under the administration of the immediate past government.
APC national publicity secretary, Lai Mohammed
The All Progressive Congress has dug up more cases of alleged
public funds looting by some officials of the Goodluck Jonathan
administration.
This ruling party, in a statement dated August 30 signed by the
national publicity secretary, Lai Mohammed, said until the corruption
mess created by the past government was cleaned up, Nigeria would not be
able to fulfill its potential.
“Those who would rather give comfort to the looters by
dismissing the media exposure of looting cases as mere hell-raising
should realise that no sane person can be silent in the face of what is
unfolding as the worst cases of brazen stealing of public funds in
Nigeria’s history.
”On August 16, 2015, we listed some instances of the
breath-taking looting of the treasury by some officials of the immediate
past administration. Today, we bring three more heart-rendering cases
to the attention of Nigerians. We will not relent until closure has been
brought to this issue."
The following cases were identified by Mohammed:
“A mind-shattering 2.2billion-US-dollar arms scandal.
“A 6.9million-dollar fraud by the Chief Security Officer (CSO)
to President Jonathan, committed under the guise of buying three mobile
stages for the President.
“A 2.5 billion-Naira scam involving the rent of house boats.
”While those charged with handling these cases are finalising
the details of bringing the suspects to justice, our immediate concern
is the attempt by the PDP, under whose umbrella the looting took place,
to blame the Buhari administration for the mess and then infer that
things have been worse in Nigeria in the last three months under the
APC-led federal government than in the 16 years under the PDP. This is
totally provocative, shameless and uncharitable."
The party however assured Nigerians of Buhari’s commitment to
eliminate corruption and ensuring good governance for the benefit of
people.