Publish ‘list of saints,’ Sani insists

A federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna Central) has dared the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to release their ‘lists of saints’ following the recent naming and shaming of alleged looters displayed by both parties.
Sani, who described the parties’ action as an entertainment to the nation, took to his official Twitter handle to call out both parties.
Earlier, the federal government through the information minister, Lai Mohammed, released a list of persons who allegedly looted Nigeria’s economy under PDP watch, describing the list as just a tip of the iceberg.
Mohammed released the list after the ruling party was dared by the PDP to do so following corruption allegations made by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo against the Jonathan administration.
In its reaction, the PDP dismissed the list in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan on Friday in Abuja, describing it as “hollow and laughable”.
Ologbondiyan stated that the list put forward by the federal government as purported looters amounts to a cheap blackmail and none of those listed have been indicted or convicted by any court of competent jurisdiction or any panel of enquiry in the country.
The party said the APC government did so to divert attention from the heavy looting involving its members.
“This is a government that is yet to account for $26 billion (N9 trillion) stolen through corrupt oil contracts in the NNPC, N1.1 trillion worth of crude diverted to service APC interests, N18 billion Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) intervention fund stolen by APC officials,” he said.