The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) Thursday charged President Muhammadu Buhari to come clean on allegations
of corruption and sharp practices that have pervaded the recovery of the
N1.03tn fine imposed on MTN Nigeria.
PDP said President Buhari and his
administration have a lot of questions to answer on how the fine was reduced to
N330 billion, particularly on the face of allegations that certain interests in
the Presidential villa, said to be very close to President Buhari, allegedly
took a bribe of N500 million before the reduction.
The party’s spokesman, Kola
Ologbondiyan said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja.
In his words, “It is, to say the
least, disgusting that while this allegation of bribery at the Villa has
remained uncleared by the Presidency, President Buhari, the same African Union
(AU) Anti-Corruption Champion, on Wednesday, approved the frittering of another
N500 million from the same fund, under controversial claims of professional
fees to unnamed persons for unspecified services.
“For a government that prides
itself as fighting corruption, the nation had long expected Mr. President to
clear the air on the sordid allegation of bribery in the Presidential Villa.
Rather than progressing in that direction, President Buhari has continued to
act as if the demand by Nigerians, to know the truth about the alleged bribery
in the villa over the payment of MTN fine, does not matter”.
The PDP further challenges
President Buhari to come out clear on the basis for the purported N500million
professional fee. What due process instruments did he rely upon? Who are these
lawyers? Who contracted them; under what terms and what services did they
render that was beyond the Attorney General of the Federation and the team of
lawyers at the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) and the Ministry of
Justice?
It added, “Now that it has become
clear that the Buhari Presidency is entangled in sleazes over the NTN fine
saga, the PDP charges President Buhari to end his concealment of corruption in
the villa and show his sincerity by allowing an open inquest into his
administration’s dealings on the MTN fine payment”.
PDP don kolo ooo, senseless statement
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