The PDP Presidential Campaign Organization (PPCO) has said the confession by the sacked Executive Director of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Dr. Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, that he was fired for allegedly refusing to give N200 million, as kick-back, to the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has further exposed the seething corruption in the All Progressives Congress (APC) led government.
The PPCO in a statement on Wednesday by its Director of Media and Publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the revelation did not come to many Nigerians as a surprise and has further vindicated the PDP’s position that the current government was “inherently corrupt and thrives on concealments, deception, beguilement, propaganda and lies.”
Ologbondiyan said, “The PPCO had always alerted Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari presides over a sanctuary of treasury looters who, as ministers, Presidential Advisers, heads of Special Presidential committees, APC leaders and members of President Buhari’s Campaign Council fritter our national resources with reckless abandon under Mr. President’s official cover.
“We invite Nigerians to note that the Buhari Presidency has not given any reasons for Bichi’s removal. It has not also offered any form of explanation to the huge allegation bordering on corruption against a cabinet minister; a development, which betrays a collusion at very high level.
“This is especially given the series of corruption entanglement around the Presidency, including the allegations that officials of the Buhari Presidency took N500 million as bribe to reduce the fine imposed on a telecommunication company from N1.03 trillion to N330 billion.
“Nigerians have not forgotten the case of the former aide of the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, Mr. Baba Inna, who was arrested in September last year for allegedly receiving N2.5 billion from politicians, businessmen and women on behalf of the First Lady.
“This is in addition to the case of Mrs. Amina Mohammed, who while being paraded by the Department of State Services (DSS), last year stated in public that persons close to President Buhari were involved in serial looting under the official cover of the Buhari Presidency.
“Moreover, we hope this is not one of the conduits through which funds siphoned to finance the alleged involvement of some individuals said to be close to the Buhari Presidency in the N1.032 trillion alleged corrupt acquisitions in 9Mobile and Keystone Bank PLC!”
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