Admin l Thursday, Jan.03, 2018
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has called on Interpol to investigate allegations that relatives of President Muhammadu Buhari have diverted N1.032 trillion military funds into purchase of Keystone Bank and 9 mobile. The PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation made the allegations in a state of the nation address by Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan.
He equally alleged that there is a fresh plot by the Muhammadu Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to compromise the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rig the 2019 general elections.
“The PPCO calls for an independent and system-wide investigation by the INTERPOL, Directorate of State Services (DSS), and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on the alleged links between the two funds. This concerted investigation has become imperative following President Buhari’s failure to directly speak out on the allegations against his family members, as well as explain how they came about the sum of N1.032 trillion for the alleged acquisition.
“We make this demand in view of public insinuations that the money may have been sourced from funds meant for the purchase of weapons for our soldiers”, Ologbondiyan said.
He added that the Buhari Presidency has blatantly refused to respond to allegations that military fund is being used to finance President Buhari’s re-election campaign which even manifested in the use of military resources to produce APC’s campaign materials, including an electronic momento book by the Minister of Defence, Mansur Muhammad Dan-Ali.
“The PPCO is deeply worried by the disturbing videos of our gallant soldiers languishing and being killed by insurgents due to neglect and failure of the Buhari administration to adequately equip them in the fronts. The PPCO is also unhappy by similar videos, showing our soldiers protesting and threatening to retreat from the fronts, while grumbling against their neglect by the Buhari administration “, the PPCO said.
On plot to rig the 2019 general election, the PPCO called on Prof. Yakubu to note that Nigerians are already aware of the pressure being placed on him by the Buhari Presidency and APC seeking to force the commission to drop the “display of results at the polling units as well as the electronic transmission of polled figures to INEC server from its guidelines“.
“The Buhari Presidency is desperate to remove these requirements because the display of results at the polling units ensures that results posted at all levels remain those originally announced at the various polling units, while the electronic transmission to INEC server ensures that the results from the polling centers are not tampered with.
“PDP also demands that INEC allows both local and international observers to its situation room to ensure that the final figures are not tampered with“, te PPCO said.
