APC national chairman reacts to Uche Secondus’ arrest

– John Odigie-Oyegun reacted to the arrest of Uche Secondus

– He stressed that Buhari’s anti-corruption campaign was not targeted at any particular person but at corrupt people

– Oyegun described Buhari’s government as progressive and actively anti-corruption one

the APC chieftain stressed that it was not targeted at any particular person but at corrupt people.

John Odigie-Oyegun, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has reacted to the arrest of Uche Secondus, the deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Briefing journalists on Friday, February 26, in Abuja, Oyegun wondered: “Well, from whom did the PDP deputy national chairman, Uche Secondus collect the gift?”

“Was it from a corporate entity or from an individual? If it’s from the government coffers, it’s public funds. If a corporate entity decides to support a party or an individual that is corporate, that is private that is totally the individual’s decisions subject of course to the limit in the constitution and what the Electoral Act provides. I think is that straight forward.”

Commenting on the anti-corruption campaign of President Muhammadu Buhari, the APC chieftain stressed that it was not targeted at any particular person but at corrupt people.

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“Look, I don’t know how often we will repeat this, we have a major problem with corruption, it is what has crippled this nation and if you are cutting down a tree, wherever its falls so be it. If he happens to be a participant so be it, the colour, the party, ethnic group or whatever it is, you can see just does not matter anymore,” he said.

Describing Buhari’s government as progressive and actively anti-corruption, Oyegun noted:

“So if the results are the way they are, I mean, did you expect anything different, I don’t know unless somebody is wiser here and we will like to share from your wisdom because it could improve the way that we do things.

“If we are investigating corruption, where else except those who have participated in government and in the process, eh I don’t know, please enlighten me if there is another way to look at it and then we will go and give it a thought.”

Secondus was arrested on Thursday, February 25, for illegally receiving 23 luxury vehicles from Jide Omokorre, the chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited.

In a swift reaction, the PDP issued a statement, in which it described the arrest as another example of oppressive and unfair treatment against its key leaders by the federal government.

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