We Must Not Return Nigeria to The Thieving PDP, Warns APC

Ahead of the governorship election in Osun at the weekend and
the general election next February, the All Progressives
Congress(APC) has warned voters not to make the error of handing
over the country to the thieving Peoples Democratic Party(PDP).

APC publicity secretary Yekini Nabena in a release today said
the thieves have resurfaced to hoodwink Nigerians to elect them
into office once again.

“Sadly, these thieves have resurfaced to canvass votes of
Nigerians for various elective positions, ostensibly to resume
their stealing. Nigerians are neither gullible nor stupid. They
have not forgotten the yoke they bore under the corrupt Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) regimes and deserve no more of it.

“Public funds that could have improved the education, healthcare
sectors and provided infrastructure to develop the economic and
social life of Nigerians are sadly in the pockets of these
thieves”.

Nabena said, in contrast, the huge recovery of looted funds by
the Buhari administration is testament that the administration’s
extensive anticorruption drive is yielding results.

“Compared to the past, successful prosecution of many corrupt
persons, the hugely-successful whistleblowing policy and voluntary
return of corruptly-acquired funds and assets have shown that it is
no longer business as usual and corruption is increasingly becoming
unacceptable.

“Corruption can no longer define how we do things as a country.
There is a new realization among well-meaning Nigerians that if we
don’t kill corruption it will kill us.

“Recently, the media space has been awash with a campaign of
calumny against the anticorruption efforts by the same opposition
partisans and their proxies that ruined the country with their
institutionalized corruption. This is expected as corruption will
naturally fight back.

“While we alert Nigerians to the plot of some politicians to buy
votes and deploy other illegal means to subvert the people’s will
during coming elections, we urge relevant agencies to be
proactively involved in tracking of election financing. The same
people who criminally-diverted public monies to fund their
political activities as brazenly displayed during past
administrations, must be prevented from doing same in coming
elections.

“We share the submission of a former United States Vice
President, Joe Biden: “Corruption is a cancer; a cancer that eats
away at a citizen’s faith in democracy, diminishes the instinct for
innovation and creativity… it wastes the talent of entire
generations. It scares away investments and jobs”.

“We must continue to challenge corruption and its related vices.
This is line with the Change Agenda the APC promised Nigerians.
This is a promise we are committed to keep.”

Ahead of the governorship election in Osun at the weekend and
the general election next February, the All Progressives
Congress(APC) has warned voters not to make the error of handing
over the country to the thieving Peoples Democratic Party(PDP).

APC publicity secretary Yekini Nabena in a release today said
the thieves have resurfaced to hoodwink Nigerians to elect them
into office once again.

“Sadly, these thieves have resurfaced to canvass votes of
Nigerians for various elective positions, ostensibly to resume
their stealing. Nigerians are neither gullible nor stupid. They
have not forgotten the yoke they bore under the corrupt Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) regimes and deserve no more of it.

“Public funds that could have improved the education, healthcare
sectors and provided infrastructure to develop the economic and
social life of Nigerians are sadly in the pockets of these
thieves”.

Nabena said, in contrast, the huge recovery of looted funds by
the Buhari administration is testament that the administration’s
extensive anticorruption drive is yielding results.

“Compared to the past, successful prosecution of many corrupt
persons, the hugely-successful whistleblowing policy and voluntary
return of corruptly-acquired funds and assets have shown that it is
no longer business as usual and corruption is increasingly becoming
unacceptable.

“Corruption can no longer define how we do things as a country.
There is a new realization among well-meaning Nigerians that if we
don’t kill corruption it will kill us.

“Recently, the media space has been awash with a campaign of
calumny against the anticorruption efforts by the same opposition
partisans and their proxies that ruined the country with their
institutionalized corruption. This is expected as corruption will
naturally fight back.

“While we alert Nigerians to the plot of some politicians to buy
votes and deploy other illegal means to subvert the people’s will
during coming elections, we urge relevant agencies to be
proactively involved in tracking of election financing. The same
people who criminally-diverted public monies to fund their
political activities as brazenly displayed during past
administrations, must be prevented from doing same in coming
elections.

“We share the submission of a former United States Vice
President, Joe Biden: “Corruption is a cancer; a cancer that eats
away at a citizen’s faith in democracy, diminishes the instinct for
innovation and creativity… it wastes the talent of entire
generations. It scares away investments and jobs”.

“We must continue to challenge corruption and its related vices.
This is line with the Change Agenda the APC promised Nigerians.
This is a promise we are committed to keep.”