President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday took the leadership and members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the court of God for the alleged looting the country’s treasury for 16 years.
He said that for the damage they had done this country, “only God can give them punishment.”
The President also threatened that property of those found to be corrupt would be confiscated and sold, while the money realized would be put into the treasury for public use.
Meanwhile, the PDP in response has accused Buhari of wining and dining with supposed looters who are now members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
Buhari made the comments at the State House, Abuja, while receiving the leaders of 1,000 support groups.
He said; “all those who were involved in large scale abuse of trust, only God can give them punishment but those we can touch, we will get them prosecuted. We have said their property that have been confiscated should be sold and the money put into the treasury which we will use.
Recalling how he met with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (Mr Godwin Emefiele) on assumption of office in 2015 and was informed that there was no money left in the treasury, Buhari said, “I have said this for the umpteenth time and I have challenged them to prove me wrong, but in the 16 years the PDP ruled, Nigeria was getting 2.1 million times 100 (2.1 million barrels by $100 per barrel) every day, every week, but when we came on board, the price fell to between $37-$38 and hung around $40-$50.
“I went to the CBN Governor and asked him for money, and he said there was no money.”
Meanwhile, the PDP in a swift reaction said the President should not be taken seriously noting that the treasury looters he was referring to were now part of the ruling APC.
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National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus reminded the President of the comments by the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, that “once you join the APC, your sins are forgiven.”
H said, “I have watched the campaign of the President. Who are those leading it? You see, we should know that this President talks without substance.
“He is busy eating and dining with those he had once accused of corruption, yet he continues to sermonise as if he is leading a corruption-free government or party.
“We know all his cronies and those in his cabinet that have been accused of corruption, yet he is giving them cover. The President seems not to know that Nigerians know the reports of many panels that he is sitting on.
“He does not also know that corruption comes in different forms. A President that concentrates appointments to key positions on a section of the country is as guilty of corruption as the man that steals money. This is because he is spreading poverty in some other zones why he is giving what belongs to all to a clique.
