Reason Why Buhari Will Not Probe APC members - SGF
Engr. Babachir David Lawal the secretary to the government of the federation has revealed that the fact that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was not in power until 2015 makes it difficult for it to have looted the country’s treasury.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been investigating cases of financial mismanagement of the nation’s fund and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have been investigated in connection to these cases.
In an exclusive interview with Vanguard, Lawal insisted that PDP’s position at the centre of power for 16 years gave members of the party access to public fund which made them targets for corruption investigation.
“Let us be very sincere and reasonable. Obviously, to my mind, the preponderance of corrupt people would be in the PDP for one reason; they have been in government for 16 years and they were the only ones enjoying the booty, and they were doing it in a flagrant manner. Tracing my own (political) genealogy for instance, from ANPP to CPC and now APC, we were not getting anything.
“Nobody was giving us contracts. PDP were the ones in government; they were the ones the president was approving money for sharing; they were the ones that took government money to fund their election.
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| SGF, Babachir David Lawal |
In an exclusive interview with Vanguard, Lawal insisted that PDP’s position at the centre of power for 16 years gave members of the party access to public fund which made them targets for corruption investigation.
“Let us be very sincere and reasonable. Obviously, to my mind, the preponderance of corrupt people would be in the PDP for one reason; they have been in government for 16 years and they were the only ones enjoying the booty, and they were doing it in a flagrant manner. Tracing my own (political) genealogy for instance, from ANPP to CPC and now APC, we were not getting anything.
“Nobody was giving us contracts. PDP were the ones in government; they were the ones the president was approving money for sharing; they were the ones that took government money to fund their election.
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