By Bode Olagoke
Abuja
All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as “shameful” the threats coming from a Niger Delta group and the protest at Port Harcourt zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in support of the former first lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, over the freezing of her dollar account containing about $31.4 million.
A statement signed yesterday in Abuja by the APC Acting National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Timi Frank, described the threat as “baseless and empty threat” against the federal government, saying it was high time people realised that the era of campaign “is gone for now.”
“My candid advice to Mrs. Patience Jonathan is to apologise to Nigerians for the current economic hardship which Mr. Jonathan’s regime could have easily averted instead of sponsoring shameless protest against the government, anyway, Nigerians are still waiting for the apology.”
The statement warned the youth to desist from such shameless act of defending politicians for a pot of soup, adding that the present APC administration “is fighting corruption so as to secure future for them.”
According to him, it is surprising that Mrs. Jonathan has such big amount of money in her custody and people from her region were dying of common water, and that it took President Buhari’s government, for example, to recently commission a water project even in Otuoke, Bayelsa state, where Goodluck Jonathan was born.
He said: “The country is presently going through recession as a result of mismanagement of economy left behind by Patience’s husband administration which APC is working hard to correct as soon as possible.
“It should be made clear that there is nothing wrong for EFCC to invite Mrs. Patience Jonathan for questioning if the organisation suspects a vow play in accumulation of such big amount of money.
“The number four citizen of this country today, Senate President Bukola Saraki, whose office is prominently recognise by the constitution is facing trial not to talk of one former first lady whose Nigeria constitution does not recognise.
“Again, we should also remind those who have forgotten that a national leader of APC, who was once the Vice President of this nation, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, was once investigated. So, why must Mrs. Jonathan’s case be different?
“We call on the leadership of the EFCC not to feel threatened in carrying out its official duty and ensure that whoever is caught in the web is properly brought to book.”
