A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to avoid being selective in his anti corruption fight and to investigate all former public office holders.
A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain,on Thursday, July 10, threw his weight behind the anti-corruption efforts of President Mohammdu Buhari.
Speaking with news men in Osogbo, Chief Sola Olowoye, a PDP chieftain from Osun State, said corruption was closed to being legalised with the plundering of public funds by many public office holders from the inception of the present republic.
Olowoye feared the trend was becoming worrisome, as younger Nigerians were, instead of avoiding people with questionable wealth, and celebrating honest people, were beginning to see looting of public wealth as only means of amassing wealth.
He stressed that a more "forceful fight against the menace of corruption” remains the only way out for the country in dire need of new direction.
Olowoye also advised the President not to be selective in fighting the menace. He charged Buhari to beam his searchlight on the tenures of former governors and other public office holders that have served since 1999.
“To serve as deterrent and stop Nigerians from adopting corruption as a way of life, all former governors, ministers, heads of ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs, whether in the All Progressives Congress, APC, PDP or any other party should be investigated.
“Regardless of where they come from, whether Daura, Kaduna, Lagos, Ogun or Rivers, Buhari should not spare anyone found to have stolen from public coffers.”
He charged Nigerians to be vigilant and provide security agencies with useful information that can help investigators recover the stolen funds, saying high level of poverty in the country can only be checked, when members of the public are alive to their responsibilities and the leaders are truthful in fighting corruption.