A chieftain of the People’s
Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia state, Chief Nkemakolam Ogenna, has criticized
the federal government’s ban on 50 high profile persons from travelling abroad
over corruption cases.
A directive by President
Muhammadu Buhari on the full implementation of Executive Order 6 banned 50
politicians from leaving the country.
Ogenna who spoke on Wednesday night accused President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal
government of shielding some members of his cabinet linked with corruption
cases.
He questioned why the former
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, David Babachir Lawal and
former Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, both indicted for corrupt practices have
not been persecuted, advising the All Progressives Congress-led administration
to be cautious in its war against graft.
According to the PDP chieftain,
“Whatever that is coming out from APC, as far as I’m concerned is not something
to rely on.
“You can see the situation, you
are banning people from travelling because they are not APC members or they
don’t have any relationship with APC.
“Look at what happened recently.
Senator Ademola Adeleke of Osun State had issue of certificate forgery. He was
invited by the police, which he honoured.
“Kemi Adeosun, former Minister of
Finance had an issue of forging NYSC exemption certificate, but, she was
escorted to the airport and she left Nigeria. All the benefits accruable to
her, she enjoyed it”.
“I’m not saying everybody is
clean, do not be selective. Not because somebody is an APC member, you
exonerate the person. That is why people move from PDP to APC because they
don’t want to face charges.
Asked to speak on the coming 2019
general election in the country, Ogenna, boasted that his party’s presidential
candidate, Atiku Abubakar will defeat the incumbent President, Buhari.
He said that Buhari and his
party, the APC, have failed to address the myriad of problems currently facing
Nigeria, stressing that Atiku has the capacity to solve the economic and
security problems, which had impeded the growth of this country.
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