According to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), President-elect Bola Tinubu has no moral right to speak about corruption.
The party said this while reacting to Tinubu’s promise to fight corruption.
Debo Ologunagba, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, said at a press conference on Friday that Tinubu’s statement is “completely sacrilegious and an assault on Nigerian sensibility.” Given his history of alleged corruption and the fact that he has been described as a manifestation of corruption in his public life, he said the statement is sacrilegious and an assault on Nigerian sensibility..”
The main opposition party also warned the “Judiciary to be wary of attempts by the APC and its Presidential Candidate to patronize them in the course of the discharge of their Constitutional duties as an impartial arbiter, particularly in the pending Petition before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.”
Ologunagba flanked by other party leaders said, “It is in the public domain that as Governor of Lagos State, Senator Tinubu promoted and institutionalized corruption as an act of governance. It is on record that Senator Tinubu is alleged to be deeply involved in the infamous cases involving Alpha Beta Consulting Limited and Alpha Beta LLP, allegedly owned and controlled by him and through which over N100 billion belonging to Lagos State was reportedly stolen through shady tax collection deals.
“It is also public knowledge that there have been numerous allegations and evidence of corruption and complicity by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the declaration of Senator Tinubu as the winner of the February 25, 2023, Presidential election. Today Nigerians and indeed the world believe that the declaration was a product of the corruption of the Process, Institutions, and Law by the APC and its Presidential candidate.
“It is therefore ludicrous that an individual who has been widely alleged to be an enabler and beneficiary of corruption can attempt to put himself forward to Nigerians as a champion of anti-corruption. Of course, corruption cannot fight corruption!”
PDP said if Tinubu is desirous of fighting corruption, he should publicly and personally address Nigerians, “on the numerous allegations of corruption, including the Alpha Beta cases and alleged improper acquisition and conversion of Lagos State Government landed properties worth billions of naira to himself, family, associates and cronies”.
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