Asiwaju Bola Tinubu |
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday charged the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to prove the strength of its
integrity by investigating and prosecuting the All Progressives Congress
(APC) leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, over allegations of tax fraud.
The party said “failure of the EFCC to invite and question Asiwaju
Tinubu over an alleged N160 billion tax fraud by a company linked to him
will not only suggest that the EFCC has become corrupt under the Buhari
Presidency, but also exposes the level of rot in the APC
administration.”
A statement by PDP’s spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan said “Nigerians
can now see how the same Ibrahim Magu-led EFCC, which rushes to pounce
on, arrest and lock up innocent Nigerians, particularly, perceived political opponents of President Buhari, without investigation, has practically gone frozen and toothless because a member of the APC cabal is involved.
“Does it not smack of hypocrisy that President Buhari, who boasted
that he was going to jail more looters, has been looking the other way,
while Presidency officials suppress investigations since whistle blowers
alerted that Alpha Beta, a company linked with his party leader, Asiwaju
Tinubu, allegedly swindled Nigerians to the tune of a whopping N160
billion in tax fraud?
“Is it not equally hypocritical that under the same President
Buhari’s watch, where the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has
threatened to block the bank accounts of tax evaders, a leader of his party had been
dragged before the EFCC, yet Mr President is pretending to be unaware?
“If President Buhari is as clean as his handlers would want Nigerians
to believe; if the Presidency is not complicit of corruption, the PDP
challenges Mr. President to allow an investigation and prosecution of Alpha Beta, in an open court, just as his government has been harrassing
the members of the opposition, as well as perceived opponents.
“Nigerians can recall that when President Buhari declared that he
will jail more looters, the PDP welcomed him and challenged him to start
with looters in the APC and the Presidency and we insist that, in line
with the promise President Buhari made to Nigerians, Alpha Beta should be charged accordingly.
“The PDP also insists that President Buhari cannot be approving the
hounding of innocent opposition members or his perceived enemies on
allegations of corruption while at the same time always shielding and
defending his party members openly accused and indicted for corruption,
in addition to certificate forgers and national youth service corps
deserters, holding top positions in his government.
“Finally, Mr. President should note that Nigerians are still waiting
for his response regarding alleged stealing of N9 trillion at the
Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) under his watch; the
alleged N1.4 trillion oil subsidy fraud involving officials at the Presidency; the
alleged diversion of N1.1 trillion worth of crude oil in 2017 by APC
interests; alleged stealing of N18 billion Internally Displaced Persons
(IDP) funds; the alleged stealing of over N25 billion National Health Insurance Fund (NHIS), which investigation was stalled by the
Presidency, among others for which his Presidency has practically turned
into a citadel of iniquity and corruption.”
-Daily Post
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