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APC leaders stole N15 trillion, PDP alleges

Wednesday, January 06, 2021 at 2:41 PM by Aanu Adegun

- Allegation of theft has been raised against Nigeria's ruling party by the main opposition

- The PDP consequently called on Buhari to recover stolen money from his party members

- Going further, it accused the federal government of using diversionary to deflect blame

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President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to do the needful by recovering the total amount of N15 trillion allegedly stolen by leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The call was made by the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) on its official Twitter page.

The PDP also accused the government of using diversionary attacks instead of facing the allegation raised by the party.

"We know that @OfficialAPCNg’s attack is a desperate diversionary tactics as more revelations continue to emerge on how its leaders and some presidency officials pillaged our national treasury and stole over N15 trillion naira as well as how the @OfficialAPCNg has been patronizing bandits with our national resources."

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APC leaders stole N15 trillion - PDP — Buhari has been asked to recover the total amount of N15 trillion allegedly stolen by leaders of APC. Photo: @FemiAdesina
Source: Twitter

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that the All Progressives Congress (APC) lambasted the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) for criticising the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

The ruling party in a statement released on Tuesday, January, and sighted by Legit.ng said the lead opposition party lacks the moral authority to criticise the Buhari-led government.

John Udoedehe, the national caretaker committee secretary of the APC, highlighted the PDP's alleged misdeeds when it was the country's ruling party between 1999 and 2015.

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Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the PDP said President Buhari's New Year speech was "a script full of lame excuses and empty promises that addressed nothing."

The PDP also knocked President Buhari's speech for allegedly not giving many details about the rescue of the economy which is currently in a recession.