PDP Says It'll Demand For Aisha Buhari’s Assets

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday hinted that it may soon
demand the public disclosure of the assets of the wife of President
Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha.

In a statement made available to news men in Abuja on Friday by its
National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh,the party recalled
that the president in his own words had told Nigerians that, "I pledge
to publicly declare my assets and liability and also encourage my
political appointees to publicly declare their assets and liability."

The party described as "deceptive window-dressing to hoodwink
unsuspecting Nigerians, the release, by an aide of the President, of a
mere list of some belongings of President Muhammadu Buhari and his
vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, in place of the pledge made to Nigerians by
Mr. President as candidate of the APC on March 18, 2015, at exactly 5
pm to publicly declare his assets if elected the president of
Nigeria."

The PDP, while questioning the contents of the list released by the
president hinted that it was "not yet demanding the public declaration
of his assets in his wife's name."

The PDP observed that President Buhari and his vice failed to produce
copies of their declarations, detailing the exact nature and value of
respective assets.

According to the statement,"the release of a mere list of belongings
falls short of credibility, transparency and anti-corruption standards
as well as exposes the proclivity of the present administration for
deception."

The statement reads:"We have noted the release of a flimsy list of
belongings of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo by the Presidency, who wants such to pass as the public
declaration of assets as pledged by the President".

"Nigerians are not deceived by this poor attempt at window-dressing
designed by the Presidency to hoodwink the unsuspecting populace in a
desperate bid to shore up its diminished image.

"We ask, is the resort to a mere list, instead of true copies of the
declaration, not a ploy to give the Presidency a window for denial in
consonance with their widely observed inclination for flip flopping,
backtracking and brazen denials of their statements and actions?

"All we want is credibility, integrity and sincerity of purpose. We
are not questioning how a president, who by December last year,
declared that he had only N1 million in his account, could suddenly
now list N30 million in the same bank account by May 29, and after an
expensive campaign; we are not yet demanding the public declaration of
his assets in his wife's name.

"We are not even applauding the multiplication of his cows from 150 to
250 in a space of three months, arising from his dual and conflicting
pronouncements on this issue.

"What the PDP and discerning Nigerians demand is for Mr. President to
always stand by his words and pledge".

"Mr. President, this is a mere list of your belongings and not public
declaration of assets in fulfillment of your covenant with Nigerians,"
the PDD stressed.

-Tribune