PDP dismisses FG’s list of looters, challenges APC to name convicted members

The Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed the list of alleged “looters” published by the Federal Government describing it as “hollow and laughable”.
According to PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement issued to the press on Friday, the party described the list issued by the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, as unsubstantial as there was no prove of corruption against the PDP.
The statement stated that the list is an extension of the media trial of the federal government and it called on the APC to up with names of members who have already been convicted:
It said: “The party said the list is an extension of federal government media trial and challenged it to come up names of its members against whom the federal government had secured convictions.
“The list put forward by the Federal Government as purported looters amounts to a cheap blackmail as none of those listed have been indicted or convicted by any court of competent jurisdiction or any panel of enquiry in our country.”
It enjoined the APC led government to allow the focus on governance and allow the court to decide on matters that are within its jurisdiction instead of distracting the populace since a lot of corrupts acts have been committed under the watch of the APC.
The statement said: “The Buhari-led Federal Government has manifested its frenzy by going after matters that are in court and in which none of the persons have been convicted, thus betraying their wickedness and desperation to mislead the public, the court and divert attention from the heavy looting involving their members.
“It is unfortunate that the APC and its government under whose watch horrendous sleazes are happening on daily basis and a government that has failed to fulfill the littlest of its campaign promises, can spend a wholesome three years searching for flimsy allegations to discredit our party and its members.
“This is a government that is yet to account for $26 billion (N9 trillion) stolen through corrupt oil contracts in the NNPC, N1.1 trillion worth of crude diverted to service APC interests, N18 billion Internally Displaced Persons intervention fund stolen by APC officials, including their former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, the N10 billion National Health Insurance Scheme for which members of the Buhari cabal were indicted as well as the Mainagate, where the APC government recalled and reinstated an individual indicted for scam running into billions of naira.”
It further lamented and frowned at how the APC shielded persons within their party who were indicted for corruption just because of them funded the president’s campaign in 2015.
It stated: “This is in addition to cover provided for serving ministers indicted for corrupt enrichment, among whom is a prominent former APC governor from the south south, who was indicted by his state for stealing billions of naira to fund President Buhari’s campaign in 2015.”
It warned that the PDP is on a “rebound” and “flimsy allegations” against the party cannot hold water and the party will continue to push to ensure that the APC-led government fulfill its campaign promises and it also statted that it will no longer sheathe its swords but will begin “a serialization of all looters hiding in APC and the Presidency”.