Political Parties Support Anti-Corruption War
The Inter-Party Advisory Council has declared its full support for President Muhammadu Buhari in his anti-corruption war.
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President Buhari made it known during his inauguration in May 29 that he was committed to fighting corruption. This commitment is now being manifested with many who have held political positions being placed under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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The investigation into the financial management of the office of the national security adviser, Sambo Dasuki, is seen as a testament to Buhari’s seriousness in the fight against corruption. The chairman of Daar communications, Raymond Dokpesi, who was implicated in the arms deal scandal of the security office has been charged by the EFCC.
The Sun reports that delegates of the 20 registered political parties who made up the inter-party council visited President Buhari on Wednesday, December 8 at the presidential villa in Abuja.
The chairman of the group, Bashir Ibrahim, in his address told the president that they were totally in support of the president’s decision to bring corrupt people to face the law.
He said: “While all accused persons remain innocent until proven guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction, it must no longer be said of Nigeria that this is the country where the corrupt is allowed to walk the street at will.
“To deal decisively with economic and financial corruption, we must simultaneously deal with political corruption as well.
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“By political corruption, I mean the kind of conduct that creates the conditions for large scale abuse of power and authority and enables public officers to feel perfectly at home converting public resources to private use.”
Meanwhile, the National Human Rights Commission accused the Code of Conduct Bureau of sheilding and harbouring corrupt officials and called for it to be scrapped.
Source: Legit.ng
