- A PDP group has accused the presidency of shielding Taraba APC governorship candidate from arrest
- Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danladi, a former acting governor of Taraba, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and violation of financial regulations
- The group said President Buhari must raise and fight corruption beginning with his party members
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Youths Vanguard in Taraba state has accused the Economic and Financial Crime Commission and the presidency of shielding Taraba APC governorship candidate, Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danladi from facing corruption trial.
Danladi, a former acting governor of Taraba, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and violation of financial regulations preferred against him and two others - Senator Joel Ikenya and Mark Useni accused of collecting the sum of N450 million from the former National Security Adviser Colonel Sambo Dasuki to prosecute the 2015 election in the state.
A federal high court in Jalingo had on Tuesday, October 23, summoned Danladi to appear before the court on Wednesday, December 5 to answer the 450million corruption charges against him and two others, however the APC governorship candidate defied the court order.
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The PDP youth group in a statement sent to Legit.ng and signed by its coordinator, Mallam Uthman Abdullahi said the APC candidate is deliberately avoiding and frustrating his corruption trial because of his closeness with the presidency and EFCC chairman.
Uthman mocked the EFCC for remanding a former governor of Kebbi state Usman Dakingari and three others over same offense, but allowed Danladi to be walking freely because he belongs to the ruling party.
“The EFCC should tell the whole world why its shielding Sani Abubakar Danladi and give reasons they could not present him in court for trail, but consistently drags the two other defendants in the ongoing case who are not members of the ruling party, Ikenya is a senatorial candidate of the APGA, while Gana is a cabinet member of the PDP government in Taraba.
“If the anti corruption agency is keeping former NSA Sambo Dasuki, former Kebbi governor Dakingari and others in custody for their involvement in the arms deal probe, why can't Sani Danladi be arrested and brought to court,” Uthman added.
The group averred that in saner climes, the ruling APC would have handed over Danladi to the police and EFCC to prove its commitment to its war against corruption rather than shielding him from trail.
The group said Danladi has been in Abuja lobbying from the presidency, to the chairman of EFCC and other cabinet members to ensure he does not face his ongoing corruption trial until after elections.
“Few days to his case last Wednesday, the APC candidate was pictured in a meeting with the Vice President Yemi Oshibajo, since then Danladi has been boasting to anyone who cares to listen that he wont appear in court for trial and he won't be arrested,” the group said.
The group said President Buhari must raise and fight corruption beginning with his party members.
“President Buhari must take a stand now, if he will sacrifice his integrity and war on anti corruption on the alter of political partisanship infavour of Sani Danladi,” the group stated.
The group urged the EFCC to immediately arrest Sani Danladi, alleging that it has uncovered plans by the APC candidate to leave the country few days to the next adjournment of the case.
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Meanwhile, two CSOs, Paradigm Initiative and Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), are collaborating to ensure candidates in the 2019 general elections commit to adoption of e-governance.
This was revealed by Paradigm Initiative's program manager; Adegoke Adeboye and CITAD's communication officer; Salma Abdulwaheed, during an interactive session with journalists on Tuesday, December 4.
They stated that their aim is to promote institutional framework and approaches to anti-corruption and transparency efforts, especially as Nigeria prepares for the 2019 elections.
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