The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in the House of
Representatives have taken a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari over what they
called his ‘selective’ style of probing corrupt practices in the country.
The lawmakers noted that much as they support the ongoing
anti-graft war by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government under
Buhari, crime has no status limitation anywhere in the world or in the
constitution, hence the President’s approach to fighting corruption was
unacceptable.
They therefore warned against selective anti-corruption war
or limitation of the fight to former President Goodluck Jonathan’s tenure
alone, describing the action as unfair.
The caucus spoke yesterday through its media sub-committee
led by Hon Rima Shawulu (PDP, Taraba) during an interactive session with
journalists at the National Assembly in Abuja.
“Probe should not be limited to selected citizens of the
country. A crime could have been committed 10 years ago, but, it is still a
crime. Nobody has the power to decide on his own that a crime committed at a
certain period is no longer a crime.
“A crime at any point, so long as it is within our memory,
as long as facts can be brought up, is a crime. This is why we are saying as a
party that the fight against corruption should not have any limitation about
what has happened as to time.
“How can you come and say that you are not going to
prosecute people because you have arbitrarily drawn a line without an amendment
to the constitution because the constitution has not given status of
limitation.
“Any criminal activity is a criminal activity until it is
investigated and its perpetrators are penalised,” he said
Credit: Leadership
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