Reacting to the apology
issued by PDP National chairman, Uche Secondus at a Nation Building event
organized by the party, the National leader of the All Progressives Congress
APC, Bola Tinubu, has asked Nigerians not to accept it because it was like a
case of a thief who is only begging because he was caught in the act.
Speaking at the colloquium
organized to mark his 66th birthday, which had in attendance President Buhari,
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and many others, Bola Tinubu said;
‘Dear Nigerians, do not
take their apology. They lied. They falsified. They even changed figures. For
16 years, they made fake promises and gave us fake figures. And they said we
should not talk about it. It is like saying after all they did wrong, do not
look at me. Just steal your own. That we will not take it off the table…no
matter how twisting the mind of PDP and their supporters may be, we will
continue to talk about it because you wasted our resources. You did not do what
you promised Nigerians, what you said you would do when you were in office. The
market gave you the maximum and production was also at maximum.
President Buhari has
changed the economy from the wrong direction to steer the ship back before the
final crash because it was necessary. We have started the journey. And the
voyage is on the voyage of hope and the voyage that we are reclaiming Nigeria.
We are retooling Nigeria. We are reinventing Nigeria. We are redirecting
Nigeria.’
Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo, who also spoke at the colloquium organized to mark the 66th birthday
of the former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, said that those who stole from
Nigeria while they were in power, must be made to account for their actions.
“Let me say that when we
began this journey in 2014, and when I say ‘this journey’ I refer to our
government, our party, the APC, was determined to change the dominant narrative
about our country. We were determined to ensure that the notion of a country
rich in all natural resources, but even richer in human capital, but being
destroyed daily by grand corruption, and the impunity in the looting of public
resources; we had to change that narrative.
“As for our fight against
corruption, we realized, as Mr. President said, that if we don’t kill
corruption, corruption will kill us. Corruption is an existential problem for
Nigeria. Let me pause here to reiterate that from all I have seen in government
in the past three years, the corruption of the previous five years is what
destroyed the Nigerian economy.
“And the reason why we will
talk about it is, first, we must let our people know that we cannot afford to
go this way again. And this is the point we are making, that there is no
country in the world, and we must know this; there is no country in the world
that would allow its resources to be plundered in the way our own resources
were plundered and expect to be economically viable; it is not possible.
Nigeria is unlike any other country because of the level of corruption that was
perpetrated. We must stop that corruption and that is why we are so committed.
“When you fight corruption
the way we are fighting it, corruption is going to fight back. But we are
determined. When you listen to the stories of these young people, when you
listen to the stories of the vulnerable, the disabled, and all of these people,
these are the people for whom we are responsible; these are the people who
voted for us. We must ensure that we defend their rights, it is in the defence
of the rights of these people that we will put everything out to make sure that
those who have been taking the resources of this country are made to pay for
it.” he said.
Meanwhile here are photos
from the Banquet the Lagos state government organized in honor of President
Buhari, an event that was attended by governors, APC chieftains and many
others.
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