Former Federal Commissioner of Information, Chief Edwin Clark has said that the All Progressives Congress is not qualified to fight corruption in the country because members of the party lack integrity and they are bent on pursuing power.
Clark who spoke while addressing a press conference in Abuja said “APC is not qualified to fight corruption contrary to what Buhari had said during his campaign.
“Buhari has always anchored his campaign promises on two planks: to wipe out insecurity and corruption. With the renewed offensive against the terrorists leading to the killing and dislodgement of the Boko Haran anarchists, the first campaign plank of Buhari has been given a technical knock-out by Jonathan and the world is witnessing the reclaiming of all territories hitherto held by Boko Haram.
“This leaves him on a one-legged platform. Again on the remaining plank; corruption, Buhari himself got jittery and gave himself another technical knock-out when he said he would not probe past leaders. With this development, Buhari has conceded that he has nothing more to offer the good people of this country.
“I am puzzled to hear Buhari say that whoever has been indicted of corruption between 1999 and the time of his swearing-in would be pardoned. According to him, like a village sports man, he will draw a line, anybody who involves himself in corruption after he assumes office on May 29, 2015 will face the music, while no matter how corrupt a person has been before then, he or she would be asked to go and sin no more.
“One wonders if Buhari knows what the law says about corruption. The declaration of Buhari clearly shows that he and his co-travellers in APC are bare-face liars, hypocrites, dishonest, insincere and lack integrity simply because they want power and are bent on pursuing it to psychotic level.
“What is Buhari really afraid of? Why is he promising a blanket pardon to all corrupt office holders before the election? Is that his new selling point? Supposing it was possible for Buhari to win election which is not, can he start the fight against corruption with himself and his APC cohorts since most of them are already standing trial in court?”
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