The arrest of a suspected fraudster, Abdulrauf Illyasu at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday has further confirmed that the Presidency under Muhammadu Buhari has become a den of thieves. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said.
Illyasu was reportedly arrested by operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Presidential Villa where he was said to have acquired an office opposite the Banquet Hall where he carried out his ‘dubious act’.
Reacting to Illyasu’s arrest, PDP in a statement said it was shocking that the suspect “even enjoyed an office accommodation within the safety and cover of the Presidential Villa, saying that that alone is hard evidence that the Buhari Presidency breeds and facilitates swindlers, charlatans and treasury looters.
“Only last week, a known confidant of Mr. President, Nasir Danu, was arrested at Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom for alleged international passport scam and money laundering while allegedly ferrying stolen currencies for persons said to be close to the Presidency.
“This is in addition to further allegations that Danu has been fronting for a close relation of the President for shady oil deals and huge contracts running into billions of naira in major revenue earning agencies.
The PDP insisted that despite his anti-corruption stance, evidence available to it show that the Buhari’s Presidency holds the medal as the most corrupt administration in the history of the nation that is why it has not provided answers or prosecuted any person in the alleged N9 trillion sleazy oil contracts as detailed in the leaked NNPC memo.
“The Presidency has also not informed the nation why it has not investigated and prosecuted persons involved in the alleged stealing of over N1.1 trillion worth of crude oil using 18 unregistered vessels since 2017.
“Such inaction in the face of huge sleazes points to nothing but complicity in very high places and Nigerians now know the links as well as those to hold responsible”. The statement read.
