APC Has no Moral Basis toTalk About Corruption – PDP

Every Nigerian current on the news these days, definitely knows the new trend in Nigerian politics, where politicians keep taking a swipe at their opposition. And recently the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, said that President Goodluck Jonathan’s tolerance for corruption is partially responsible for insecurity in the country, well the Presidency has described a statement as unsubstantiated and frivolous.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, in an interview with PUNCH on Thursday, said:

“We have always made a point that the APC is and has been playing politics with everything. He is talking about corruption being responsible for terrorism and insurgency, that does not sound like an educated position.
“Is it corruption that is also responsible for terrorism in Syria, Afghanistan and Columbia? He is using a serious national challenge of terrorism to play politics, it is very cheap.
“The security forces are doing their best to put an end to terrorism and insurgency and nobody can doubt the fact that President Jonathan has shown great determination in combating the terrorists and ensuring the protection of lives and property.
“The APC chairman sounded in his statement as if he does not live in Nigeria, so he found it difficult to appreciate the efforts that are being put into the terrorism war.”
“Most of those who comment about corruption are probably the most corrupt in this country. Should we ask him to do an assessment of the states that are run by the APC because it is not enough to just talk about body language and make some kind of spurious allegations.
“He wants to turn the issue of corruption into a campaign issue. He wants to use it to malign the integrity of the Presidency and the government.
“He does not sound convincing at all because if anything, this administration has combated corruption. I always give an example that the whole idea of the deregulation of the downstream sector was to check corruption in the downstream sector.
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