Tinubu’s Promise To Fight Corruption, Assault On Nigerians’ Sensibility – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as sacrilegious and an assault on the sensibility of Nigerians, the promise by the president-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to fight corruption.

Tinubu had, at the commissioning of some judiciary projects in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Thursday, said he will fight corruption in the country.

But, PDP at press conference by National Publicity Secretary Debo Ologunagba, said Tinubu lacks the moral standing to speak on corruption.

Ologunagba alleged that as governor of Lagos State, “Senator Tinubu promoted and institutionalised corruption as an act of governance.

“It is on record that Senator Tinubu is alleged to be deeply involved in the infamous cases involving Alpha Beta Consulting Limited and Alpha Beta LLP, allegedly owned and controlled by him and through which over N100 billion belonging to Lagos State was reportedly stolen through shady tax collection deals.”

According to him, Tinubu’s declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as winner of the February 25 presidential election “was a product of corruption of the process, institutions and the law by the APC and its presidential candidate.”

He added that it was ludicrous that an individual who has been widely alleged to be an enabler and beneficiary of corruption could attempt to put himself forward to Nigerians as a champion of anti-corruption.

Ologunagba stated that if Tinubu is desirous of fighting corruption, he publicly address Nigerians on the numerous allegations of corruption against him, “including the Alpha Beta cases and alleged improper acquisition and conversion of Lagos State government landed properties worth billions of naira to himself, family, associates and cronies.

“Clearly, Senator Tinubu’s pontification or claims on corruption is a further attempt to corrupt, cultivate, patronise, lure and compromise the judiciary ahead of the commencement of the hearing of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Monday, May 8, 2023 and nothing more.”

He advised the judiciary to be wary of attempts by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate to patronise them in the course of the discharge of their constitutional duties as impartial arbiter, particularly in the pending petition before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.