The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the arrest
of yet another scammer linked with the Buhari
Presidency further confirms that the Presidency
under President Muhammadu Buhari has become a
den of thieves.
The party says that the shocking fact that the
scammer, Abdulrauf Illyasu, even enjoys an office
accommodation within the safety and cover of the
Presidential villa, from where he carries out his
fraudulent assignments, is a hard evidence that the
Buhari Presidency breeds and facilitates swindlers,
charlatans and treasury looters.
The PDP however notes that nothing is impossible
for a Presidency replete with persons who thrive in
lies, false claims, certificate forgery, bribery,
intimidation and recruiting of fraudulent and corrupt
persons as ministers, special advisers and
clandestine fronts for financial sleazes.
PDP further stated
Our party holds that it is the height of deceit and
duplicity that an administration that boasts of
integrity and zero tolerance for corruption could be
the very sanctuary of the underworld.
Only last week, a known confidant of Mr. President,
Nasir Danu, was arrested at Heathrow Airport,
United Kingdom for alleged international passport
scam and money laundering while allegedly ferrying
stolen currencies for persons said to be close to
the Presidency.
This is in addition to further allegations that Danu
has been fronting for a close relation of the
President for shady oil deals and huge contracts
running into billions of naira in major revenue
earning agencies.
The PDP invites Nigerians to note how the
Abdulrauf Illyasu and Danu matters remind of the
case of the former aide to the First Lady, Mr. Baba-
Inna, who was earlier arrested over accusations of
receiving billions of naira from politicians and
businessmen on behalf of the First Lady.
The party also urged Nigerians to recall the
confession of one Amina Mohammed, who while
being paraded by the Department of State Services
(DSS) in 2018, stated in public that persons close
to President Buhari were involved in serial fraud and
looting of public resources under the cover of the
some elements in the Presidency.
The PDP notes as shameful, how the public space
has been saturated with allegations of how
individuals and cabal connected to the Buhari
Presidency have been hounding government
agencies as well as major domestic and
international business concerns for kickbacks while
strangulating those who refuse to accede to their
demands.
Today, it is no longer news that the Buhari
Presidency holds the medal as the most corrupt
administration in the history of our nation, which
had also mastered the act of concealment with
propaganda and deceit.
The PDP reminds Nigerians that the Buhari
Presidency has not yet provided answers as to why
it has not investigated and prosecuted persons
involved in the N9 trillion sleazy oil contract as
detailed in the leaked NNPC memo.
The Presidency has also not informed the nation
why it has not investigated and prosecuted persons
involved in the alleged stealing of over N1.1 trillion
worth of crude oil using 18 unregistered vessels
since 2017.
Such inaction in the face of huge sleazes points to
nothing but complicity in very high places and
Nigerians now know the links as well as those to
hold responsible.
Signed:
Kola Ologbondiyan
National Publicity Secretary
Young-po Reporters 