Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to answer 10 questions on corruption which he says suggest that the present administration is corrupt contrary to its public posturing.
A statement issued his media adviser, Paul Ibe, in Abuja on Monday, said Atiku was taken aback last week when former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, turned up at the Presidential Villa on Thursday, December 13, 2018, where he was received with pomp and pageantry.
Lawal had been forced out of office over corruption allegation.
The statement said the former SGF, attended the launch of Together Nigeria organized by the Buhari Support Organisation (BSO).
It added: “It is a very sad day for Nigeria when the President honors a man proven beyond all reasonable doubt to have soiled his hands with money meant for starving refugees.
“These are the actions which feed the perceptions that have made Nigeria turn in its worst ever Corruption Perception Index rating by Transparency International where we went back 12 steps in 2018’s rankings, moving from 136 under President Jonathan to 148 today.”
Citing Transparency International report, the statement observed that Nigeria is more corrupt today and “we ask the government to answer a few questions including:
“Who reinstated and double promoted Maina?
“Who owns the Ikoyi Apartment $42 million?
“What has happened to Aisha Buhari’s ADC who looted ₦2.5 billion?
“Why was the $25 billion NNPC contracts awarded without due process investigated?
“Why haven’t those beyond Buhari’s padded budget scandals been sacked or charged to court?
“When will Babachir be charged?
“How come fuel subsidy has doubled even when petrol price has doubled?
“Why did President Buhari lift the suspension of the corrupt NHIS boss, Usman Yusuf, before public pressure forced him to suspend him? Why has he not been charged?
“In May, Transparency International warned that Buhari had increased Security Vote by 600%, yet our soldiers have no weapons and are killed by terrorists. Where is the money going?
“In February Buhari withdrew $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account to ostensibly fund the war on terror, yet the Chief of Army Staff said after Metele that they have no weapons. Where did that money go?
Answers to these and other questions are urgently required from President Buhari by Nigerians and failure to answer them only proves that under Buhari, the All Progressive Congress Government is not just Corrupt, but corruption is its policy.”
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