In Separate Statements, Lai Mohammed Gives Conflicting Figures Allegedly Looted By PDP Chairman

INFORMATION Minister, Lai Mohammed has given conflicting figures allegedly looted by the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus.

Mr. Mohammed had while responding to the challenge by the PDP, who ordered the government to name treasury looters or keep quiet, released five names of those who according to him, allegedly amassed illegal wealth from the nation’s treasury.

The list released on Friday, had PDP Chairman, Uche Secondus, said to have looted N200 Million while an unnamed financial secretary of the opposition party, went away with N600 Million.

Others on the list are: Raymond Dokpesi, Chairman of DAAR Communications – N2.1 billion; former SSA to President Jonathan, Dudafa Waripamo-Owei – N830 million and former President Jonathan’s Cousin Robert Azibaola – $40 million.

But in an interview with Sun Newspaper titled, “Not all PDP defectors are looters –Lai Mohammed,” published on Wednesday, the figures listed by the minister to have been looted by opposition party scribes did not tally with those contained in his Friday’s statement.

In his new claim, Mohammed said Secondus looted N100 Million as against the N200 Million contained in his earlier list. This allegation has attracted a litigation from the PDP chieftain who is demanding N1.5 Billion as damages.

Also, a close look at what the unnamed financial secretary allegedly looted in Mohammed’s new position differs from his earlier stance which has N600 Million against the now N700 Million.

Seeking for clarifications, this reporter’s calls placed to the minister’s aide, Segun Adeyemi, rang unanswered.

Call placed to the papers’ editor, Aderonke Bello, was answered with a promise to get back with further details. As at press time, she was yet to do so.

In the interview, Mohammed had said it was not all defectors coming to the APC from the PDP are treasury looters.

Reminded that Nigerians were of the opinion that there is no difference between the two major political parties in the country because those accused of corruption stand protected once they decamped to the ruling party, Mohammed noted that, “It would be unfair to say that everybody that joined APC from PDP is a looter, it would be unfair. I am saying that whether you are of ACN stock or PDP stock or CPC stock and you are found to be corrupt, you will be investigated.”

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