Buhari Used Taxpayers Monies To Fund His 2015 Presidential Election – Ex-Minister

[caption id="attachment_9761" align="alignnone" width="699"]President Muhammadu Buhari[/caption]

A former minister of National Planning, Professor Suleiman Abubakar, has question the integrity of the Buhari-led administration and its “anti-corruption campaign”.

Abukar said the manner in which the All Progressives Congress (APC) is going about its fight against corruption also amounts to corruption.

In an interview he granted The Sun newspaper, the former minister also queried the source of money used in funding President Buhari’s 2015 Presidential Election, alleging that the president received funds looted from treasuries of state governments.

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“President Buhari during the campaign claimed that he did not have money. So, the billions they spent, where did they get it from?”

“Are we now saying that Fashola and Amaechi did not contribute billions to Buhari’s campaign? Why is the EFCC not looking into that?”

“God will only spare APC if only President Buhari did not benefit from the loot of Rivers, Lagos, Kano and other APC controlled states.”

“I challenge Buhari that as a Muslim, he should swear with the Qoran that he never received billions from Amaechi, Fashola, corporate organisations and others for his campaign.”

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“These monies he received are for taxpayers. They were gotten from treasuries of state governments.”

“They are funds for security votes in the states. I challenge Buhari, Amaechi and Fashola that they did not use states’ resources to finance their presidential election.”

“If they cannot do what I am asking to do, by invoking God’s name, using Quran and the Bible to swear, then the wrath of God will be upon them. What they are doing amounts to injustice. What they are doing is selective fight.”

“What they are doing amounts to blackmail. The way they are going about the fight against corruption, amounts to corruption. Corruption cannot beget corruption.”

“They can put people in cell. Maybe tomorrow, I may be next. Everything in this life has its own time. But what is clear to Nigerians is that, if you are looking for people that are corrupt, you will be wrong if your searchlight is only on PDP members.”

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“The people that have looted the treasuries of this country are in APC. People that have destroyed Nigeria’s economy are in PDP. Who were the members of PDP in the last 17 years?”

“They are El-Rufai, Amaechi, Kwakwanso, Goje, Audu Ogbe, Gemade, Baraje and others. Where was Obasanjo for years? He was in PDP. Why are you so particular about the people that served during Jonathan’s governments?”

Abubakar also touched on the ongoing trial of Senate president, Bukola Saraki, describing it as “mere persecution”.

“If Saraki had agreed not to become the Senate President, would they have done this to him? If he had agreed to key in the principal officers they wanted, would they have done this to him?

“You do not do this kind of political persecution and you want people to respect such a programme? It will not last.”

Professor Suleiman Abubakar was Minister of National Planning under President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.

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