Stop Deceiving Nigerians. Frank tells Buhari

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Stop deceiving Nigerians with fake corruption fight. - Frank tells Buhari, APC

 ***Urges Buhari to learn from Tanzanian President
A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has said General
Muhammadu Buhari has lost moral right to continue the so called anti-
corruption fight in the country, describing it as fake.
Frank said the current administration should stop deceiving the people and the
international community over the programme which he said was largely a
failure.
He, however urged General Buhari to learn how to fight corruption from the
Tanzanian President, adding that currently all the institutions of government
and sectors are more corrupt now than ever.
Speaking during the Democracy Day anti-corruption summit titled, ‘Curbing
electoral spending: A panacea for public corruption,’ organised by the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Buhari was quoted to have said:
“The outcome of the interaction, among others, shall serve as the basis for a
more concerted effort by this administration to close existing legislative
loopholes, facilitate collaboration with the judiciary and strengthen the criminal
justice system, enforce effective asset declaration by public office holders,
ensure sanctions by professional bodies against lawyers, bankers, brokers,
public officials, and other individuals facilitating corrupt practices and ensure
comprehensive support and protection to whistle-blowers, witnesses and
victims of corruption.”
But reacting to the President's comments through a statement on Wednesday,
the political activist said the APC administration was only fighting corruption on
the pages of Newspapers while its officials are the most corrupt set of people in
the history of Nigeria.
Frank said Buhari should allow the courts to do their work and determine who
is corrupt "because as it is now, anyone not aligned with APC is a corrupt
Nigerian under the current administration."
He challenged General Buhari to tell the world what has become of the NNPC
scandal, fuel subsidy, Ikoyi-gate where huge amount of money was discovered
and so many corrupt elements around him.
"General Buhari for his selfish reason, is using corrupt means to get political
support as it is seen in the case of Sennator Goje, whose alleged corruption
case, running into Billions of Naira was forgiven because he agreed not to
contest senate principal position against APC's preferred candidate.
"Buhari is the biggest benefiary of corruption in Nigera. He should account for
the Traders money and also tell the world where all the money used to buy
votes during the just concluded general elections he did not win came from."
According to Frank, "It is corruption when you support a Mace thief(apologies
to Sen. Dino Melaye)to be a Senate principal officer. It is corruption when your
party allegedly shared millions of Naira to lawmakers to elect National
Assembly leaders. It is corruption when you ordered a stop in the trial of a
Senator because he agreed not to contest senate principal position because of
your preferred candidate.
"It is corruption and impunity when some of your former cabinet members who
were suppose to be in jail by now are walking free in the street."
Frank called on Nigerians and the international community to disregard what he
described as "fabrication" the integrity slogan of General Buhari.
He said the current institutions established to fight corruption have been
politicised and only being use against Nigerians seen as against the APC
administration.

Signed:
Comrade Timi Frank
Political activist and ex-APC deputy spokesman
Abuja

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