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 N1.4trillion 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.”
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