APC exposes fresh lootings

By Iheanacho Nwosu

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has listed new instances of looting by some officials of the Jonathan administration, saying the corruption mess that characterised the government was so pervasive that until it is cleaned, Nigeria will not be able to actualise its potentials.
“Those who would rather give comfort to the looters by dismissing the media exposure of looting cases as mere hell-raising should realize that no sane person can be silent in the face of what is unfolding as the worst cases of brazen stealing of public funds in Nigeria’s history,’’ the party said in a statement issued in Abuja yesterday by National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
“On August 16, 2015, we listed some instances of the breath-taking looting of the treasury by some officials of the immediate past administration. Today, we bring three more heart-rendering cases to the attention of Nigerians. We will not relent until closure has been brought to this issue,’’ it said.
The new cases listed are: -•A mind-shattering 2.2 billion-US-dollar arms scandal;
•A 6.9 million-dollar alleged fraud by the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to President Jonathan, committed under the guise of buying three mobile stages for the President; and
• A 2.5 billion-naira scam involving the rent of house boats.
While those charged with handling these cases are finalizing the details of bringing the suspects to justice, our immediate concern is the attempt by the PDP, under whose umbrella the looting took place, to blame the Buhari administration for the mess and then infer that things have been worse in Nigeria in the past three months under the APC-led Federal Government than in the 16 years under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is totally provocative, shameless and uncharitable.
“They say we are yet to fulfil our campaign promises to Nigeria, but they have forgotten that if only the PDP/Jonathan administration had not stolen Nigeria blind, there would have been more than enough money to give school children in Nigeria not just one but three meals a day and even pay 5,000 Naira to 50 million most vulnerable Nigerians, not just the 25 million we promised in our manifesto,’’ APC saidwp_posts