Buhari's anti-corruption war is a vendetta against us - PDP

– Soji Adagunodo, the chairman of the Osun state chapter of the PDP, has said that the agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war is to suppress the party

– He also said the war against corruption is to boost the chances of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2019 general election

– Adagunodo said EFCC has ignored calls for investigation concerning two of Buhari’s serving ministers

Soji Adagunodo, the factional chairman of the Osun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that the agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war is to suppress the opposition.

According to The Punch, the Osun state PDP chairman said the anti-graft war which had been marred by gross impunity and selectivity is boosting the chances of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2019 general election.

Adagunodo, in a statement on Monday, July 4, stressed that the Buhari government was using the anti-graft war to make the PDP irrelevant.

He said: “It is becoming evident daily that the Buhari administration is using its much-vaunted war against graft as a tool to decimate the camp of those who disagree with him on any issue and ensure that they remain politically irrelevant as another general election draws nearer.

“An objective assessment of the anti-corruption war, so far, shows a lack of sincerity. It shows clear partisanship and apparent vendetta exhibited in the way the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission picks its targets, depending mainly on whether they are in agreement or in opposition to the politics of the President.”

“ We are convinced that what the Buhari administration seeks to do is to stifle dissenting voices and make political opposition weaker in order to have a smooth sail in the 2019 general election. This appears to be the only option for a party that has not and may not make any meaningful difference in the social-economic life of the citizens in the next three years. This is an option Nigerians must collectively reject in the interest of our dear nation.”

He said although many petitions had been written with evidence against two serving ministers of the Buhari administration, EFCC had ignored calls for their investigation and prosecution.

According to him, if Governor Ayodele Fayose and Iyiola Omisore, must be probed, other former governors such as Dr. Kayode Fayemi and Rotimi Amaechi should be investigated.

In a related development, a group within the party, PDP Youth Frontier has described the freezing of the Ekiti state governor’s account by the EFCC as an attempt by President Buhari to weaken the PDP.

Speaking with our reporter in a telephone interview, Autin Okai said the anti- corruption campaign of President Buhari is clearly manifest that the same dictatorial tendencies manifested during the military regime of 1984.