Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
yesterday said it had been silent on the huge sums of money allegedly
recovered from former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani
Allison Madueke, because the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) has turned itself into both the prosecutor and the jury.
The National Publicity Secretary of the
party, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, said this while fielding questions from
journalists at the party’s headquarters in Abuja.
Adeyeye accused the EFCC of being more
interested in propaganda than in diligently investigating and
prosecuting corruption cases.
He noted: “People are convicted on the
pages of newspapers and it should stop. Even if you find any amount of
money with somebody, it is not for the EFCC to indict anybody. This is
propaganda war. In the end propaganda cannot replace facts.”
Adeyeye said at a point, the EFCC claimed
it recovered N90 billion from the former Petroleum Minister, noting
that if indeed the anti-graft agency recovered such amount, there would
not have been so much suffering in the country.
The PDP spokesman dismissed the fight
against corruption by the All Progressives Congress (APC)- led Federal
Government, as a mere witch-hunt of opposition politicians.
He said even the Chairman of the EFCC,
Ibrahim Magu, had weighty allegations against him by the Department of
State Services (DSS), which stalled his confirmation by the Senate on
two occasions.
“The anti-corruption war is not going anywhere. It is a complete failure. The fight has become lawless.”
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