Probe, recover N25trn stolen by APC leaders – PDP urges Tinubu

By Folarunso Alagbede

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to investigate and recover more than N25 trillion allegedly stolen by leaders and government officials of the All Progressive Congress, (APC).

The party made this call in a New Year message titled ‘Address Insecurity, Fuel, Food Crisis’ signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba.

PDP also called on the President to address the critical challenges of insecurity, food and fuel supplies to ease suffering among Nigerians.

The party, while felicitating Nigerians on the dawning of the year 2025, urged Tinubu not to taint the new year with what would not proffer immediate and concrete steps to reduce the price of fuel, address widespread hunger and provide clear-cut measures to guarantee security of lives and property in the country.

According to the party, previous addresses by the President in the last 18 months dwelt only on hopeless rhetoric, unsubstantiated statistics, false promises, conjured performance claims and validation of flawed elections without concrete mechanisms to address insecurity, resuscitate the economy, create jobs, ensure credible elections and guarantee better living standard for Nigerians.

It maintained that President Tinubu must speak to the issues of unbridled corruption, deceit, budget padding, and reckless, wasteful spending directed to fund the luxury appetite of APC leaders.

“Insensitivity to the pains of citizens and total disregard to the obligation of government which has made life unbearable for Nigerians under his watch.

“The Party also challenges President Tinubu to use the address to give account of the billions of Naira officially reported to have accrued from the removal of subsidy on petroleum products.

“Furthermore, Mr. President should come clean on his public commitment to fight corruption by ordering an investigation and recovery of the over N25 trillion reportedly stolen by APC leaders and officials in government who have turned government agencies to Automated Teller Machines, ATM, to siphon funds for their benefit while other Nigerians wallow in abject poverty, hunger and starvation.

“Equally worrisome is the failure of the APC government to revisit and address the reported cases of alleged State-backed killings in various parts of the country, particularly the 2020 EndSars killings and inhuman denial of the massacre of promising Nigerian youths in that sad and repulsive incident,” PDP said.

The party, however, urged Nigerians to keep on believing in the country.