The All Progressives Congress, APC has cautioned the opposition PDP and it’s Presidential Candidate not to jump to conclusion over ongoing investigation at the Ministry of humanitarian affairs and the now suspended Minister, Betta Edu.
APC in a statement by its Director of Publicity, Bala Ibrahim said Edu is not guilty until the allegations against her are proven.
The Party berated Atiku and the PDP, saying they faced more corrupt allegations than Edu and the APC.
Ibrahim stated, “Atiku, from his record, it was said somewhere that he read elementary law. And if indeed he read law at whatever level, even if it is a kindergarten level, ought to know that the presumption of the law on an accused is that he is innocent until proven guilty’’.
The APC official noted that the way President Tinubu responded to the allegations showed that ‘’he is a president that listens to the yearnings of Nigeria and that will act by the provision of the law.’’.
He added, “At the stage, we are now, a thorough investigation has been directed; it will be wrong for anyone to jump to the conclusion that there is theft or that the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs is a conduit that is made to siphon public funds for APC governments.
“If it is, the investigations will not have been directed, and the government would not have acted swiftly and appropriately it did”.
On the allegation that the APC is a corrupt party, Ibrahim clarified,
“If you say because a few people in the APC who are accused of wrongdoing are to limit wrongdoings to the APC, then, one is not being fair to the composition of parties”.
He continued, “In Nigeria, and I am sure like in other countries of the world, there is no party that is composed of saints, there is no party that can beat its chest and say its members are infallible.
“What is important is to see that the party they belong to has the willingness, the desire, and the courage to call them to order when they go wrong.
“The APC and the President of the country, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have demonstrated that willingness.
“If on the basis of allegations you will jump to conclusion, the PDP will not be in a position to talk because ever since the formation of the party in Nigeria, there has not been any party that has faced allegations of corruption like the PDP”.
