The All Progressives
Congress (APC) has reacted
to three press statements
issued on Friday, January 8, by
the Deputy Senate President,
Ike Ekweremadu, and Ekiti state governor, Ayodele
Fayose and the acting national
chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Uche
Secondus over alleged plans
by the party and President Buhari’s administration to
silence the opposition through
a selective anti-corruption
fight. According to a statement issued
by Mala Buni, the APC national
secretary, the APC says it is
aware of the “intensified orchestrated attacks by the
Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) and their agents on the
hugely successful war against
corruption being waged by the
President Muhammadu Buhari administration”. The party is also “aware of the plot by the PDP and their
agents to stampede and
blackmail anti-corruption
agencies over ongoing
corruption cases being
investigated”, Premium Times reports. The statement reads: “The APC urges anti-corruption agencies
not to be distracted by these
syndicated and coord

coordinated
attacks and continue to employ
all legal and legitimate
avenues to bring to book all looters of our common wealth. “It is clear that the PDP is out
of sync and out of step with
the generality of Nigerians on
the clamour to bring to book all
looters of public funds. The
days of impunity are over. The PDP and treasury thieves must
pay for the recklessness and
shocking mis-management of
public funds perpetuated under
the defunct 16-year PDP rule.
It is however reassuring that in spite of desperate and
shameless attempts by the
PDP and it’s agents to discredit
President Buhari’s anti-
corruption efforts, the war
against corruption is being won. “The PDP camp in baseless allegations accuses the
president of a selective anti-
corruption fight while members
of the APC ‘with serious
corruption allegations go about
their businesses’. The PDP camp in continuation of its
laughable conspiracy theories
also speaks of ‘a calculated
attempt to decimate and
silence the opposition’ through
the anti-corruption figh

fight and an attempt to turn the country to a one-party state. “The position of the APC has not changed. For the umpteenth time, if the PDP has any proof of corruption against any APC member as alleged, we advise that they approach any of the anti-graft agencies constitutionally mandated to handle such cases. The ongoing war against corruption is not selective. Anybody guilty of corrupt practices must face the law. The political will and sincerity of purpose of the present administration to tackle corruption from the roots to the upper echelons no matter whose ox is gored is unwavering. “We advise individuals being investigated on corruption charges to cooperate with investigators instead of declaring innocence on newspaper pages and other media outlets. “Again we state that the PDP and their agents do not have the luxury of dictating how the present administration and anti-corruption agencies carries out its legitimate duty of catching looters of public funds, as long as it conforms with the rule of law. “On