“Mr. President, In Your Second Term, Probe The $16bn PDP Power Project” – Oshiomhole

National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the mismanagement of $16 billion on power projects between 1999 and 2007 by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP-led administration.

Oshiomhole who spoke at the APC presidentiat, campaign rally in Warri, Delta state, said those involved in the mismanagement of the fund would be prosecuted if found wanting.

BigPen Online reports that speaking at the rally which witnessed mammoth crowd, Oshiomhole warned against electing former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and PDP candidate as President, saying he didn’t mean well for Nigeria.

The APC chairman taunted Atiku that he was ready to sell every thing Nigeria owns including selling “underwear” of Nigerians because he thinks the only solution to the nation’s economy is privatisation.

Oshiomhole also send a strong statement to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and governorship candidate of the PDP, emphasising that “his days are numbered” as according to him, the APC governorship candidate, Chief Great Ogboru would defect him at the polls is March 19.

According to the former labour leader, Buhari hold Nigerians and God a duty to unravel the truth behind the controversial $16 billion power investment by the Obasanjo government in his second term.

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Hear him: “Uduaghan, you will recall as governor of Delta State despite the fact that you were a PDP governor and I was in CAN governor, when PDP decided to sell BEDCO which covers Delta, Edo, Ondo and Ekiti States, we agreed that if PDP do the privatization in a manner they wanted to do it, the economy of the South South will be destroyed.

“We spoke loud at the National Economic Council. We told Jonathan don’t do it. We told PDP don’t deceive the people but they went ahead…Uduaghan and I held a press conference at my private residence in Benin. We warned that this Disco which is owned by a family will destroy the economy of our states. 

“Today, are you not having power crisis in Delta State? Even in Edo State, the governor is fighting every day. They took $16 billion in the name of power supply. They took the money and put it in their pocket and Nigeria remains in the dark. They signed agreement of 20 years which is difficult to revive.

“But, Mr President, in your second term, I urge you with respect sir; you must fulfill the question which we have asked. After $16 billion, you will ask, where is the light? Mr. President, you have a duty to man and to God, to ensure that that question must be answered. It must be answered judiciously. It must be answered in the court of law and what people are entitled to know.”

On Atiku’s threat to privatised the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Oshiomhole warned the people of the South-South region to stand firm with President Buhari as the PDP presidential candidate would sell all the nation’s oil and gas reserve.

“Yesterday (Wednesday), I was watching the television, I saw PDP Presidential candidate and a former custom officer (Atiku), he was saying in the likely event that if Nigerians make the mistake of their life to vote for him (Atiku) as president, is telling Nigerians whether they like it or not even if he would die that he will sell oil reserves of Delta, Akwa Ibom, Edo states and that he would auction all oil properties of Nigeria whether they (Nigerians) like it or not.

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“If somebody put you on notice that if you vote for him that he is going to sell your family, will you agree? Will you vote for him? I have worked with them before. When Atiku was the vice president, I was the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress. When he decided to sell the Nigeria Airways, there were a lot of contrary opinions but he (atiku) said I don’t care. I just wanted to sell Nigeria Airways.

“Today, Nigeria is battling without a national carrier. That is not all, Atiku ensure that the workers and pensioners of Nigerian Airways are not paid. Did he (Atiku) pay, no. Buhari has agreed to pay. Atiku has told us that he is going to sell everything, even your underwear, if you are not careful; he is going to sell it. He has done so before and he will do it again”, he added.