The memo written to the President, Muhammadu Buhari, by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, recommending the sack of the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, over financial impropriety has further exposed the Buhari’s government, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) claims.
In a statement released in Abuja, on Friday, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, said, Malami’s memo has exposed the regime’s “abysmal corruption, deception, and hypocrisy.”
The party said “the scandal is the worst national embarrassment in the history of Nigeria.”
“There is nothing more embarrassing than the head of the anti-corruption agency in an administration that prides itself as having zero tolerance for corruption, is being dragged on allegation of diversion of recovered funds and fraudulent sale of assets seized by the agency”.
Ologbodiyan said, “Malami’s memo has also exposed the credentials of President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption architecture, rubbished his standing as Africa Union Anti-Corruption Champion and shattered our national integrity in the international arena.
“The world can now see that the much-hyped anti-corruption fight of the Buhari administration, has been nothing but a huge fraud and a racket by certain persons in the APC administration to harass political opponents, intimidate and extort money from innocent Nigerians and steal public funds.
“Nigerians and the world have further seen why corruption has worsened under the Buhari administration, as copiously documented by a credible international organisation, including the Transparency International.”