The
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the list of alleged “looters”
published by the federal government as “hollow and laughable.”
Premium Times published the list released by
the information minister, Lai Mohammed, earlier on Friday. Mr. Mohammed
mentioned the PDP chairman, Uche Secondus, and five others as having benefitted
from corruption of the immediate past Goodluck Jonathan administration.
The PDP, however, dismissed the list in a
statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on
Friday in Abuja.
It described the list as an extension of
federal government’s media trial and challenged it to come up with names of its
members against whom the government had secured convictions.
Mr Ologbondiyan stated that the list put
forward by the federal government as purported looters amounts to a cheap
blackmail, saying that none of those listed have been indicted or convicted by
any court of competent jurisdiction or any panel of enquiry in the country.
The PDP said the list only revealed that the
All Progressives Congress (APC) and the presidency have no proof of corruption
against the PDP.
The party added that in its “frenzy and
desperation”, the federal government even included names of individuals who
were not standing trial or under investigation for any act of corruption, as
well as people not even PDP members.
“The APC Federal Government has manifested its
frenzy by going after matters that are in court and in which none of the
persons have been convicted.”
The party said the APC government did so to
divert attention from the heavy looting involving its members.
“We are not in doubt that the individuals he
has mentioned will take their legitimate stride and pursue appropriate action
in the court.
He
emphasised that the PDP was on a rebound, saying allegations by the APC could
not stop it from challenging the federal government to fulfill its campaign
promises.
“Since, the APC has decided to draw this
attack, we will no longer hold back but appropriately commence a serialisation
of all looters hiding in APC and the Presidency,” he said.
Earlier, the federal government through the information
minister Lai Mohammed, had released a list of persons who allegedly looted
Nigeria’s economy under PDP watch, describing the list as just a tip of the
iceberg.
-Premium Times
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