Treasury Looting: PDP Says Buhari’s Aso Rock Stinks ...Says president protecting relatives

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Council on Tuesday said the Presidential Villa stinks of corruption, challenging President Muhammadu Buhari to showcase his much touted integrity by allowing an open investigation of his associates and close relatives who were mentioned in serial looting of public resources.

The party alleged that in a bid to further conceal the sleazes of the Buhari-led government, the presidency's handlers had gagged the confession of one Amina Mohammed paraded by the Department of State Services (DSS), who revealed in her open confession recently that persons close to the president were involved in serial frauds and looting of public resources under official cover.

Spokesman for PDP Presidential Council, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Tuesday stated in a statement in Abuja that “having reviewed all these issues, including the lame denials by those mentioned by the suspect, as well as the failure of the security agency to allow the suspect to complete her open confession, the PDP challenges President Buhari to order an open hearing into the matter if indeed the presidency has nothing to hide.’’

The party also challenged Buhari to immediately make public the report of the investigation of the former aide of the First Lady, Mr. Baba-Inna, who was arrested in September this year over accusations of receiving N2.5 billion as donations from politicians, businessmen and other women on behalf of his wife, Aisha.

The opposition added that President Buhari cannot be parading himself as ‘Mr. Integrity’ while condoning acts of corruption by his associates and close relatives as well as “a cabal in his presidency,” which the first lady had even alluded to, if he is not directly benefiting from those sleazes

The PDP also dared Buhari to make public the official report allegedly indicting his presidency on the siphoning of over N11 trillion in the petroleum sector, including the N9 trillion oil sleaze detailed in the leaked memo at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

The party added: “Furthermore, the Buhari presidency should allow an open inquest into the alleged diversion of defence funds, including part of the $1 billion drawn from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) for purchase of military hardware and welfare of our soldiers, to fund his ill-fated re-election campaign.

‘’The PDP also challenges President Buhari to make public the report of the looting of over N33 billion meant for the purchase of food for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) as well as another N18 billion IDP fund, discovered by the Senate to have been diverted to All Progressives Congress (APC) interests.’’

The PDP presidential council said it is unfortunate that Buhari has allowed the festering of sundry racketeering and abuse of fiscal process in his presidency, a situation which it said has casted a long shadow on his acclaimed integrity as a leader.

It added that unless President Buhari allows an open inquest on his associates and close relatives involved in alleged treasury looting, he lacks all moral standing to seek re-election by Nigerians, who have been bearing the brunt of his misrule in the last three and half years.