The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) on Thursday demanded the arrest and immediate prosecution of the Minister
of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika for reportedly using a non-existent national
carrier to defraud the nation to the tune of N1.2 billion
The party said the indefinite
suspension of the Nigeria Air project was part of the fraudulent script by the
Buhari Presidency, which knows that it cannot go far with the lie, since the
project does not exist in the first place.
A statement by PDP’s
spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, also challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to
speak out on this act of corruption under his watch, particularly following
allegations that funds released for the phantom project were diverted to
finance his 2019 re-election bid.
The statement reads, “It would be
recalled that the PDP had in July alerted the nation that
the unveiling of a non-existent
national carrier was a huge scam designed to create an impression of
achievement, as well as a conduit by corrupt All Progressives Congress (APC)
leaders and the Buhari Presidency to siphon public funds for selfish purposes.
“Nigerians now know that the
reason for the rush to London to ‘unveil’ mere drawings of airplanes, name,
logo and imaginary routes of a non-existent fleet as our national carrier,
without any structures, operational license, clear partnership agreements and
no form of ground activity any where in our country.
“What the APC and the Buhari
Presidency failed to understand is that lies, no matter how ornamented, always
have their expiring dates. The truth may be suppressed for a while, but it
always has a way of coming to light.
“It is now clear to the world
that the Buhari administration is corrupt and lacks the capacity to
productively engage against acts of corruption. This is the major reason our
economy went into a recession and foreign investors have lost confidence in our
nation.”
PDP “demands that the N1.2
billion be immediately recovered and directed to critical interventions in the
aviation sector, including the unpaid pension owed to retired aviation workers.
The party counseled the “APC and
Buhari Presidency to know that Nigerians can now see through their corruption
and lies for which they will deal them a humiliating verdict at the polls, come
2019.”
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