Don’t clear aspirants linked with Dasukigate, EFCC case, group tells APC Screening Committees
The Taraba Progressive Movement, a group in the All Progressive Congress (APC) has called on the screening committee of the party in the North East not to clear any aspirant having corruption case with the EFCC, linked with the infamous 2015 arms deal.
The group specifically called on the leadership of the party and President Muhammadu Buhari to stop Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danlandi who is currently an aide of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and a former Minister under Goodluck Jonathan, Joel Ikenya from participating in the party’s primary election.
The group in a statement signed by its Coordinator, Muhammad Umar warned that the party should not risk out its ticket to personalities with dented records, particularly people who had stolen the collective wealth of the people.
“Sani Danlandi as the former acting governor of Taraba State and Ikenya as a former Minister both of them allegedly received billions of naira from Dansuki to coordinate the campaign of the PDP in 2015 and are currently being investigated by the EFCC.”
Umar said members of the APC are worried that if any of these aspirants emerged the party’s candidate it will rubbish its chances of winning the election at the general poll.
“It’s a general belief that these two aspirants are only interested in the party’s ticket to stop their case with EFCC not really on winning the election.
“One of the cardinal focus of the APC is to fight corruption, giving our tickets to people with pending EFCC cases will rubbish President Buhari’s anti corruption crusade and a ridicule of EFCC efforts to bring culprits to justice.
The group also wondered what will be the fate of the party if a candidate with a pending court case is eventually convicted before the general election.
We must save our party from looters who are coming to get undue immunity against anti corruption agencies with the party’s ticket, our stand remains solid, any aspirant with corruption cases must be stopped in the interest of the party.
