Subsidy scam: ACN asks PDP national chairman to resign


The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on Sunday advised the National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, to step down immediately, following the indictment of one of his sons in the N1.7 trillion fuel subsidy scam.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said Tukur’s resignation would enable him to relieve himself of the huge moral burden placed on him by his continued stay in office.
The party also said “It is important to say here that the fuel subsidy scam trial will be held in two courts: the court of law and the court of public opinion. While Alhaji Bamanga Tukur is not facing any charges in the court of law over the scam, he is definitely a star suspect in the court of public opinion. That is why many Nigerians are already insinuating that nothing will come out of the trial, especially as far as his son is concerned. This is an allusion to the influence bestowed upon him by his high office.”
The statement further read, “while we have nothing but absolute confidence in the ability of the judicial process to ensure justice, we believe that anything than can reinforce
the impression of thwarted justice in the fuel subsidy scam trial should be removed. Alhaji Bamagar Tukur’s continued stay in office is one of such.”

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