PDP Ask Buhari to probe First Lady

The Peoples Democratic party (PDP) has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to show his zero tolerance for corruption by allowing for an open inquest into the N2.5 billion scandal, concerning the first lady, Aisha Buhari.

The management of the principle opposition party has additionally accused the independent national Electoral commission (INEC) of double standards, pronouncing the commission takes different decisions on electoral results, regardless of constitutional provisions.

PDP stated it was more scandalous that while President Buhari was in the United Nations (UN) general assembly in New York mouthing his war against corruption, a big broth of corruption, wherein his spouse was stated, was simmering under his own roof.

The national publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan who disclosed this yesterday in a statement in Abuja, stated that the scandal had further vindicated the stand of the PDP that President Buhari presides over a government of corruption, wherein his close relatives, officials and a cabal of friends are enmeshed in sleazy offers but parading as saints.

The party said it was instructive to note that the first lady had already admitted that her detained security aide defrauded “unsuspecting associates and officials”, a position which inadvertently exposes the strive by the Police to conceal the matter.

Ologbondiyan said Nigerians ought to note that the Presidency had unexpectedly gone dumb on a N2.5 billion fraud under its roof, pronouncing, “does this not amount to admittance of complicity by the Buhari Presidency, that's becoming notorious as a den of certificates forgers and individuals of questionable character.”

The PDP stressed that President Buhari, by now, need to have learnt that Nigerians are not shopping for the lame denial by the first lady, who had rushed to town to disown her detained security aide, Sani Baba Inna, simply due to the fact the lid is off the can of worms.

Ologbondiyan stated, “The PDP and indeed Nigerians have constantly pointed to the very expensive lifestyle and personal effects, including posh jewelries, each day paraded by close relatives of Mr. President, for this reason belying gimmicks and stunts of the first family being saintly and pro-poor.

“Also, there had been allegations of acquisitions of sprawling and choice property in Nigeria and different nations by persons close to the President.”

The opposition party noted that it is common knowledge that aides of former Presidents and those of former First ladies are presently facing trial in open court over similar allegations, including that this should not be an exception.

The PDP said it was hoping that the detained aide will not be ‘escorted’ out of the country to prevent him from opening up, as was the case of disgraced former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun.