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There appears to be no end in the ongoing bickering between the two main political parties in the country, as the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) continue to lambaste each other over the fight against corruption by the current Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
The PDP Wednesday berated the Buhari-led APC administration, calling it the “headquarters of corruption as well as the dockyard of thieves, treasury looters, and oppressive cabal who have stolen our nation dry”.
In a statement issued by the party’s spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP accused the ruling party of frustrating the on-going probes in government agencies because, according to the opposition party, “its leaders are complicit and all soiled, from head to toe, in the mire of corruption”.
“Under this administration, no government agency is safe from the pillaging fingers of the APC. The APC and its administration is a huge labyrinth of corruption where APC leaders, cabinet ministers, heads of agencies and departments, presidential aides, anti-corruption agencies and even APC federal lawmakers are all entangled in sharp practices,” said the PDP in the statement.
Reacting, the APC described the PDP’s statement as “rehearsed, repeated and unintelligent”, while accusing the opposition party of institutionalising “a culture of corruption” in the nation’s national life.
“The least they can do is allow the current administration right the PDP’s wrongs and restore our institutions to a culture of probity definitely a tall order going by the PDP’s well-known and ignoble antecedents,” the APC said in a statement by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena on Wednesday.
According to Nabena, the APC’s position is unchanged on the fight against corruption.
“Clearly, the Buhari-led administration’s fight against corruption is total, unsparing and there are no sacred cows. As with all institutions of government, we must continue to entrench transparency and accountability in their operations,” it added.
