The Chairman
of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus has berated the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for their alleged bias in the execution of
the anti-corruption war in the country.
Secondus
said that the recent arrest and harassment of contractors handling projects in
only PDP states had exposed the anti graft agency as doing the bidding of the
ruling party ahead of 2019.
The PDP
leader in a statement by his spokesman, Ike Abonyi, said that the EFCC had
deployed its operatives to intimidate and harass contractors handling various
projects in some PDP states with the motive of frustrating their project goals
which had visibly placed them far ahead of their colleagues in APC states.
Secondus
expressed regrets that the Commission “has remained beclouded in their bias and
has refused to heed the advisories from well meaning Nigerians and
international watchers including the recent one from the British High
Commissioner to Nigeria Mr. Paul Arkwright for them not to take sides with any
political party ahead of the 2019 general election.”
He noted
that the Commission rather than listen to such counsel, had instead made
themselves a willing tool to assist the drowning APC ahead of 2019 general
elections.
“Rather than
encourage states who are seriously involved in the delivery of democracy
dividend to their people, the envious ruling APC has been conniving with the
relevant agencies to be harassing contractors ostensibly to frustrate and slow
them down in their development strides.
“Contractors
in Taraba and Rivers states as well as other PDP states are being harassed by
EFCC operatives and are being arm twisted to implicate PDp leaders.
“Intelligence
is available to the party that the ruling party and the federal government have
resolved to ensure that PDP states are permanently put on their toes so as not
to get their bearing ahead of 2019.
“It would be
clear to the world and discerning minds that PDP governors are doing fantastic
jobs executing projects that touch the lives of their people unlike their APC
counterparts.
“In some
states like Taraba where projects have been halted as a result of EFCC
meddlesomeness, the unemployment situation has worsened,” he said.
Secondus
reiterated the position of the PDP that “corruption should be confronted
frontally in our system but warned that meaningful result would never be
achieved in this regard in an atmosphere of bias and double standards from anti
corruption agencies.”
He charged
PDP state governors to remain undaunted and refuse to be intimidated in the
service of their people.
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