$322m repatriated fund: Publish looters’ names, PDP tasks Buhari

The Peoples Democratic Party has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to make public names and photographs of all those involved in the handling of the $322 million Abacha loot repatriated from Switzerland recently.
The PDP position is at the background of allegations that the repatriated money was being siphoned by leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Presidency cabal.
The party, in a statement yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said “President Buhari should do so to show his transparency as well as to enable Nigerians know and see the faces of those superintending over the stealing of the repatriated fund under the guise of sharing it to the ‘poorest of the poor’.
PDP also challenged “President Buhari to order the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) as well make public, the APC interests who own the consulting firm reported to have been paid billions of naira as consultancy fees for the “sharing” of the money, which has not also passed through the constitutionally required approval of the National Assembly.
“President Buhari needs to note that Nigerians are utterly dismayed that having hitherto postured as a supporter of the ‘Talakawa’ and man of integrity, he has taken no steps against this bare-faced atrocity where over 90 per cent of supposed beneficiaries of the repatriated fund are phony names supplied by fraudulent officials of his government.
“Nigerians are completely at a loss on why President Buhari always fails to take bold steps to expose and deal with corrupt and sharp practices by his appointees and leaders of his APC, even when such nefarious acts are directly against the less-privileged citizens already suffering the harsh economic realities of his administration.
“However, let the APC and the Presidency be informed that Nigerians want to know the details of all those involved in the sharing, the details of the consultants; who authorized the consultancy, the scope of work of the consultancy firm as well as the terms.”