Kola Ologbondiyan |
Nigeria's main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday accused the President
Muhammadu Buhari-led presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC)
of being desperate to remain in power at all costs.
The PDP alleges that the presidency and APC were desperate to remain in power so as to continue to “exploit Nigerians, protect APC corrupt leaders, cover their incompetence and conceal the humongous sleazes in their administration.”
This was contained in a statement by PDP’s spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan in which he maintained that the “APC and the cabal at the incompetent Buhari
Presidency resorted to violence, intimidation as well as manipulations
and alteration of results at the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) to rig the February 23, Presidential election.”
“This also explains why APC agents and
certain Presidential aides have been making desperate efforts to
distract the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal and derail the
course of justice by making and promoting baseless judicial
interpretations and externalizing the proceedings of the court.
“The President Buhari-led APC administration wants to remain in power
to prevent investigation into the N14 trillion allegedly stolen under
its watch; including the N9 trillion stolen from the Ministry of
Petroleum Resources, as detailed in the leaked NNPC memo; the over N1.4
trillion alleged oil subsidy sleaze and the N1.1 trillion worth of crude
diverted using 18 unregistered companies linked to APC interests.
“This is in addition to the N33billion National Emergency Management
Agency (NEMA) fund, and the over N18 billion stolen out of the N48
billion approved by the National Assembly in the 2017 budget for the rehabilitation of IDPs in the Northeast, among others.
“Furthermore, the Buhari-led APC administration is desperate to avoid
an investigation into its unwholesome borrowings that led to the
escalation of our nation’s debt stock from N12.12 trillion in 2015 to an
overburdening N24.39 trillion in 2018.
“Within a space of three years, this administration has borrowed a
total of N12.27 trillion, yet it cannot point to any significant
development project into which the money was invested. This includes the
N2.66 trillion borrowed in 2018, ahead of the 2019 general elections.
“These and many more are funds meant for infrastructural development
and welfare of Nigerians but have been cornered by APC leaders.
“That the Buhari Presidency lacks the competence and integrity to run
a creative, transparent and credible administration that can guarantee
economic growth, wealth creation and a dependable system has become a
globally accepted fact.
“The negative effect is the further dipping of our economy, as
investor’s confidence, which shored up at the expressed resolve by
Nigerians to elect Atiku Abubakar as their next President, slumped with
the rigging of the Presidential election.”
Concluding, the PDP, however, urged Nigerians not to despair but continue to be
“steadfast in the aspiration for the recovery of the stolen Presidential
mandate at the tribunal, as this is the only way to return our nation
to the path of peace, national unity and a vibrant economy.”
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