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Two members of the Board of Trustees, Peoples Democratic Party, Chiefs Ebenezer Babatope and Shuaib Oyedokun, have condemned President Muhammadu Buhari's recent lamentation that corrupt individuals in the country are waging a war against his anti corruption war.
Related: Corruption Is Seriously Fighting Me Back – Buhari Laments
Speaking on Thursday, the PDP trustee members said that Buhari's anti-corruption cannot succeed because it is selective and vindictive.
Oyedokun said, “If the President, who is fighting corruption, suddenly discovers that people who have stolen are using the proceeds of corruption to fight him, I think it is an admission of failure. Corruption cannot be fought with corruption.
“The President must be able to fish out those fighting him with corruption and ensure they are tried. There are allegations of corruption among those that surround the President and his party members.
“He (Buhari) won’t succeed because he is using corruption to fight corruption. When someone loses a horse and he unknowingly tells the person that stole the horse to help him find the horse, would the owner ever find the horse?”
On the other hand, Babatope, a former minister of transportation, accused Buhari of keeping silent on the allegations of corruption against members of his political party.
“It behoves the President to point out those he says are using stolen wealth to fight him. It is not enough to just state that some people are using stolen wealth to fight him. He should mention names and make sure they are prosecuted.
“The anti-corruption war will not succeed because we’ve not defined what corruption is and who and who are guilty of corruption.
“Some people in Buhari’s government are corrupt and he has not tried them. His anti-corruption war is selective and vindictive. Let the President bring out the corrupt elements in his party and use the same yardstick he’s been using for other people on his party’s members.”
Related: Corruption Is Seriously Fighting Me Back – Buhari Laments
Speaking on Thursday, the PDP trustee members said that Buhari's anti-corruption cannot succeed because it is selective and vindictive.
Oyedokun said, “If the President, who is fighting corruption, suddenly discovers that people who have stolen are using the proceeds of corruption to fight him, I think it is an admission of failure. Corruption cannot be fought with corruption.
“The President must be able to fish out those fighting him with corruption and ensure they are tried. There are allegations of corruption among those that surround the President and his party members.
“He (Buhari) won’t succeed because he is using corruption to fight corruption. When someone loses a horse and he unknowingly tells the person that stole the horse to help him find the horse, would the owner ever find the horse?”
On the other hand, Babatope, a former minister of transportation, accused Buhari of keeping silent on the allegations of corruption against members of his political party.
“It behoves the President to point out those he says are using stolen wealth to fight him. It is not enough to just state that some people are using stolen wealth to fight him. He should mention names and make sure they are prosecuted.
“The anti-corruption war will not succeed because we’ve not defined what corruption is and who and who are guilty of corruption.
“Some people in Buhari’s government are corrupt and he has not tried them. His anti-corruption war is selective and vindictive. Let the President bring out the corrupt elements in his party and use the same yardstick he’s been using for other people on his party’s members.”
