Monguno’s statement confirms Buhari govt is into treasury looting – PDP

THE People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), has said the statement made by the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, even though later denied, has corroborated its position that the Buhari administration is a cesspit of corruption.

This was contained in a statement issued by the party’s publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, yesterday.

The main opposition party said Monguno’s statement was nothing short of a revelation of what is financial malfeasance going on in the current administration.

According to the statement, the PDP noted that the Buhari regime has become “a parlour of corruption for fraudsters.”

It said, “The fresh revelation by the NSA only goes to further validate the anxieties in the public space that the money, which was in 2017 sneaked out from the national coffers without appropriation, has since been diverted to private purses of corrupt APC leaders and the criminal cabal in the Buhari Presidency.

“The uncontroverted revelation of the NSA leaves no one in doubt that the Buhari Presidency has become a parlour of corruption for fraudsters, criminal cabals and treasury looters, who have been pillaging our national coffers under executive cover.

 “Nigerians could see how officials of the Buhari Presidency have been struggling to divert attention from this huge swindle by claiming that the money was spent for the purchase of 12 Super Tucano planes, which it also claimed would be delivered in 2020, only for the NSA to now declare that the entire fund cannot be traced.

 “Four years down the line, nobody has seen the Super Tucano planes and no explanation has been given by the Buhari Presidency over the whereabouts of the money.”

The PDP said it recalled that it had earlier in July 2019 asked questions on the funds but rather than address the issue, the Buhari regime resorted to hauling insults at the opposition party.

It said, “While it is common knowledge that this administration is into treasury looting, our party asserts that stealing money meant for purchase of arms to protect the people is an unpardonable sacrilege.”

The party made these claims following the statement credited to the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno that the that $1bn earmarked for the procurement of  arms went missing under the watch of the immediate-past service chiefs.

Though the NSA would later deny making the statement, saying he was quoted out of context by the media, the statement had gone viral become the talk of the town before  Moguno’s office issued a  statement to deny it.