The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has told the Chairman of Presidential Advisory Committee on Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay, to stop blaming leaders of 8th National Assembly for failures encountered in the last administration.
The PDP accused Sagay of not been bold enough to ask President Muhammadu Buhari to order an investigation into allegation made by the First Lady, Aisha, over the N500 billion meant for Social Investment Programe, which was allegedly diverted for private use.
The opposition party in a statement on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, told Sagay to leave Saraki alone, and summon Buhari, saying corruption allegations which are directly linked to the presidency were yet to be addressed.
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The party asked Sagay to clear his conscience by using his position to ask Buhari to answer Nigerians on the “alleged siphoning of N9 trillion oil money through shady contracts, under his watch, as detailed in the leaked NNPC memo.”
The statement read in part: “The Party asked Prof. Sagay to leave the former President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki and then House of Representatives Speaker, Hon Yakubu Dogara, alone and accept “the fact that the Buhari Presidency cannot fight corruption because it swims in ocean of corruption.
“It is strange to many Nigerians that Prof. Sagay, as the Chairman of the anti-corruption committee, could not summon the boldness to ask President Buhari to order an investigation into allegations by the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, that the N500bn meant for Social Investment Program was diverted to private purses.
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“The party further advised that Prof. Sagay could take a face-saving measure by demanding an investigation into the alleged corruption in the handling of the alleged N1.4 trillion oil subsidy involving the cabal in the Presidency and certain All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders, in addition to the reported stealing of over N1.1 trillion worth of crude under Mr. President’s watch.
“Prof. Sagay and President Buhari had been mute over the recent arrest of President Buhari’s confidant, Nasir Banu in the United Kingdom for alleged passport scam and money laundering, while allegedly ferrying stolen money to persons said to be close to the Buhari Presidency.
“Prof. Sagay is yet to speak out on the recent arrest of a scammer, Abdulrauf Illyasu, who operates from within the Presidential Villa, and never said anything about the arrest of former aide to the First Lady as well as one Amina Mohammed, who allegedly openly confessed to fronting for persons close to the President for serial fraud, contract scams and looting of public resources.
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“Prof. Sagay should leave the former President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki and then House of Representatives Speaker, Hon Yakubu Dogara, alone and accept “the fact that the Buhari Presidency cannot fight corruption because it swims in ocean of corruption.”
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