The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has condemned calls for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to probe the funding of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2015 Presidential campaign.
Oyegun, while speaking on WE FM’s “The Encounter with Constance Ikokwu,” said unlike the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which used public funds to finance its campaign, APC’s financing of the party’s Presidential campaign came from individual donations, thereby making it wrong to call for a probe.

He said, “You are comparing apples and grapes. It is the people’s money. You can’t use the money of the people to run parties and so the APC today is suffering from that basic correct policy decision.

“But campaign funds cannot come from the monies that belong to the generality of Nigerians.

“Individuals can donate, and companies can donate subject to limits that the law provides. We are not touching those. But where you take monies meant for positioning troops in the North East to fight against Boko Haram to fund parties (and) the most recent – when you take our crude, gave unregistered crude to exporters, repatriate the proceeds and use them to finance your political campaigns – that is wrong. That is impunity at its worst. So they are not comparable.”

He also stated that the current administration would not spare any of state governors found to have used public fund to finance their respective campaigns.

“As at today, of course there are APC governors and ex-governors that are under investigation, maybe not in respect or specifically campaign funds but there are.

“The basic principle is – impunity must be removed from the system and wherever the tree falls, so let it be!

“I am sure that if that happens, the kind of president that we have will look the other way. Normal process must take its course.”

Oyegun, while admitting that the ruling party is currently in a serious financial crises, stressed that the party won’t rely on the President for bail out.

He disclosed that a mechanism has been put in place that would make every member to pay at least N100 monthly due, adding that the party can realise between N10 million and N20 million monthly.

“We came into office as part of change and as far as our political situation is concerned it means that party should not be funded from public funds and that is the reality.

“And so we are making members to pay. We have over 12 million registered members of the party and we have all had a system where everyone will pay at least N100 per month to legitimize their membership.

“If in our calculation, five of N10 million of these we manage to collect them, at the end of the day we have very little,” Oyegun said.


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Haaaaaaaa, so is the funds from Lagos, Rivers, Edo and other apc controlled states not public funds

Oga, chairman, have some integrity and stop fooling your gray hair with lies.

Are we saying Amaechi use his pocket money to finance Buhari/Osibanjo project?

Apc keeps on blowing lies as if Jesus Christ will not come again

This country ehn...

you sef. They go finish you here today for calling out Amaechi

OsusuMustFlow:
Are we saying Amaechi use his pocket money to finance Buhari/Osibanjo project?

[quote Oyegun, while speaking on WE FM’s “The Encounter with Constance Ikokwu,” said unlike the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which used public funds to finance its campaign, APC’s financing of the party’s Presidential campaign came from individual donations, thereby making it wrong to call for a probe.[/quote]

abeggy! we all know where Amaechi, Tunubu, Oshiomole and Fashola belongs. Oyegun fall my hand.

DONSMITH123:

you sef. They go finish you here today for calling out Amaechi

This is a patent lie.

you dey mind that old man. They kept fooling us daily.

Sijo01:
Haaaaaaaa, so is the funds from Lagos, Rivers, Edo and other apc controlled states not public funds

Oga, chairman, have some integrity and stop fooling your gray hair with lies.

Only God can separate APC and Lie!

its in their DNA.

Tolexander:
Only God can separate APC and Lie!

so River state money is private money ni?

OK

Tolexander:
Only God can separate APC and Lie!

The actions of personnel in this rogue political party, called the APC, are everyday showing their odium and opprobrium all over the place.

Only Heavens will show what kind of legacy this party would leave behind on being thrown out of power.

The stench the party will leave behind will be so obnoxious, nauseating and choking that its smell will reach the skies and would trump all we are currently seeing with the PDP.

This master of deception called the APC has forgotten that one day it will leave power and another political party will come and show us the level of evil the party has left behind.

Pa Chukwudi, i know you will be here. Where have you been?

chukwudi44:
so River state money is private money ni?

APC are bunch of jokers.


Tell us the source of wealth of those individuals that sponsored buhary

Name Wa for some radio presenters, most of them aided this devilish party members to keep on telling lies. The presenter should have asked him the name of those individuals and the amount donated.

[size=14pt]Buhari is a hypocritical thief!
That is why he is afraid of people asking simple questions where his campaign funds came from.

Why don't you allow the probe to prove where the funds came from?

What are you afraid of, if your hands are clean? [/size]

Sijo01:
Haaaaaaaa, so is the funds from Lagos, Rivers, Edo and other apc controlled states not public funds

Oga, chairman, have some integrity and stop fooling your gray hair with lies.

are u from d dungeon? u think osho spend kobo for d campaign, as u know, it was their personal contribution, rochas, osho and co donate personally,

APC is a danger to public morality. It is a party of compromisers of law.

Where a law applies to everyone in prohibiting theft, APC creates exceptions.

APC creates a group of people who cannot be arrested regardless what they steal.

That is not CHANGE. That is aiding and abetting. APC is not a force for good in Nigeria.

abeg, my lala no follow do politics o

DONSMITH123:
lalasticlala

bros, am from Edo state and i can tell you with authoritatively that Oshio follow. simple.

Jesusloveyou:
are u from d dungeon? u think osho spend kobo for d campaign, as u know, it was their personal contribution, rochas, osho and co donate personally,

My brother, Buhari has nothing to hide.

OreMI22:
[size=14pt]Buhari is a hypocritical thief!
That is why he is afraid of people asking simple questions where his campaign funds came from.

Why don't you allow the probe to prove where the funds came from?

What are you afraid of, if your hands are clean? [/size]

This guy is a certified buffoon.

He doesn't want a probe of APC election finances because,.....?
And we should just take his word for it ?

Hilarious.

OK. Fine.

How about just a simple audit of APC finances from at least 2 yrs prior to the presidential election?

As an anti-corruption party that came to power with the mantra of integrity and financial probity, that is the very very least that APC owes Nigerians.

In civilised countries, this is mandatory.

My brother no kill me with laugh abeg ooooooo....

Jesusloveyou:
are u from d dungeon? u think osho spend kobo for d campaign, as u know, it was their personal contribution, rochas, osho and co donate personally,

You must be a resident of a bottomless pit to have this type of believe.