Nigeria’s
main opposition party, People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has called for the
immediate sack, arrest and arraignment of the minister of finance, Kemi
Adeosun, for criminal forgery of her NYSC certificate.
The PDP made this call while reacting to Premium
Times exclusive report, exposing how Mrs. Adeosun did not participate in the mandatory one-year
national youth service scheme, and how she forged an exemption certificate
years after graduation.
In a statement by its national Publicity
Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party called on President Muhammadu Buhari
not to provide a cover for Mrs Adeosun in the character of his Presidency
whenever close allies or agents are found wanting on issues of corruption.
Mr. Ologbondiyan said the revelation vindicates
its stand that the Buhari presidency is a “haven of fraudsters, common thieves
and persons of questionable character”.
He added that the recent revelation has cast a
full-length dark shadow on the overall integrity of his administration.
“The world can now see how the Buhari
Presidency has been concealing sharp practices under it.”
“We can now see why there is humongous
corruption under President Buhari’s watch and why Mr. President has refused to
take any concrete steps to check the sleazes in his administrations,” he said.
He said such ‘artful dodgers’ were deliberately
hired and placed in revenue related agencies to perfect the pilfering of our
common patrimony for interests in the Buhari presidency.
The party’s image maker charged president
Buhari to prove himself a man of integrity by allowing an open system-wide and
independent inquest into all alleged corrupt practices in his presidency.
“We challenge President Buhari to be bold to
allow an open independent inquest into the exact figures amounting to the
trillions of naira oil revenue earned by the nation in the last three years and
how he had spent same with Mrs. Adeosun as minister of finance.”
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