The Peoples Democratic Party has stated that the recent confession of Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation, demonstrates that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government and the All Progressive Congress are a refuge for criminals and treasury robbers.
The PDP stated this in response to the former governor of Rivers State’s admission that stealing is taking on under the Buhari administration.
The main opposition party said the “confession also further confirms that the Buhari-led APC administration has been providing official cover for corrupt officials, who have turned government agencies to cash cows and Automated Teller Machines (ATM) for themselves, their cronies, family members and mistresses.”
The PDP said this in a statement titled, ‘Amaechi’s APC Looting Confession Vindicates PDP,’ signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan on Monday.
The statement read in part, “The situation as presented by Amaechi shows that ‘quiet stealing’ is a policy of the APC administration.”
“This explains why the administration is heavy on propaganda and has failed to prosecute its officials and APC leaders openly indicted for corruption, but only resort to “easing out” such thieves with a pat on the wrist.
“The confession by Amaechi exposes why the APC administration has failed to recover the over N25 trillion naira reportedly stolen by APC leaders in various government agencies.”
“Nigerians now have a clearer picture on how the N9.3 trillion as detailed in the reported NNPC memo was stolen, how over N2 trillion was allegedly siphoned under fraudulent subsidy regime as well as how the N1.1 worth of crude oil was reportedly stolen using 18 unregistered vessels.”
“This is in addition to the revelation by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Babagana Monguno, that billions of naira meant for security under the APC could not be traced.”
