Shut Up, All Of You Are Corrupt Except Buhari - PDP Tells APC

In response to what is called another “diversion” by the All
Progressives Congrrss, APC, Tuesday, the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, says it is on the same page with the Federal Government on the
fight against corruption, but stated that due process must be followed
to ensure that it is not used as a guise to victimize innocent citizens
and curtail the freedom of Nigerians.

The PDP in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa
Metuh, on Tuesday said the clarification has become necessary to
remove any misconception that it is against the decision of the present
administration to probe some past officials of government because
they are PDP members.
“The PDP supports the decision of the Federal Government to fight
corruption in our country. However, we make bold to state that it
should not be used as a guise to victimize innocent citizens.
Democracy has come to stay in Nigeria and no citizen, irrespective of
political, religious or ethnic affiliation should be denied access to due
process and the rule of law in the process.
“In the same vein, we want to state categorically that the anti-
corruption war, whilst targeted at the immediate past administration,
should not by any means be blind to the impunity of the present
leaders of the country either in terms of borrowing and spending
without recourse to the statutory arms and organs of government and
dictates of transparency and accountability, or in terms of nepotism in
appointments in key institutions such as INEC and the DSS.
“The anti-corruption effort must not be blind to the corrupting of the
security system resulting in the intrusion by over-zealous operatives
on issues bordering purely on politics; the hounding, arrest and
detention of Resident Electoral Officers and members of election
tribunals in Rivers, Akwa-Ibom and other PDP states.
“Furthermore we make bold to state that he who comes to equity
must come with clean hands. In that regard therefore, we advice
members of the APC blowing the horn ahead of the cart to keep quiet
because many of them have been major beneficiaries of corruption
and sleazes associated with themselves and their allies, especially one
of them who as a disguised errand boy of a well known APC leader, is
a major beneficiary of the largesse of perpetrators of corruption.
“Apart from Mr. President, who for now, is not associated with any
sleaze or corrupt activity in this democracy, most APC leaders are still
those who as governors, ministers and labour leaders have been the
worst corrupt set of Nigerians ever to bestride the political landscape
of the country.
“It is a great miscarriage of perception therefore for APC leaders who
are perpetrators of sleazes and corrupt acts to attempt to deceive
Nigerians with imaginary holiness in this anti-corruption war by the
President.
Consequently, we counsel Mr. President, as the leader of the APC, to
remove the log in the eyes of his party while we support his
commitment to remove the speck from the eyes of others.