- SERAP says the list was not just selective but also politicized and should be withdrawn
- The group says the actions of the FG could undermine the achievements of the Buhari administration's anti-corruption war
- SERAP says it wants a more comprehensive list which the people can really believe in its originality
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has described the ‘looters list’ recently published by the Federal Government as selective and demanded its withdrawal.
Channels TV reports that the group, in a statement signed by its Director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, on Sunday, April 1, said the government should come up with a more comprehensive list.
SERAP claimed that the list is political and can diminish President Muhammadu Buhari’s fight against corruption.
Information minister Lai Mohammed released the list which SERAP says is selective and politicised.
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The statement read in part: “The Federal Government should immediately withdraw the clumsy, arbitrary and selective looters’ list, released last week. The list would seem to serve a political objective or carry out political agenda.
“This kind of action can only diminish the government’s ability to fight corruption, allow suspected perpetrators, whether from the All Progressives Congress (APC) or the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) to escape justice, and ultimately, deny victims of corruption justice and effective remedies. The authorities should withdraw the looters’ list and come up with a comprehensive list.”
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It added: “This politicised list comes at a time when the government is promoting itself as a beacon of transparency and accountability, and a model for other African countries to follow. The authorities ought to have resisted the temptation to put out this shambolic list and instead obeyed the spirit and the letter of Justice Shagari judgment.”
NAIJ.com recalls that the federal government on Friday, March 30, through Lai Mohammed, released a list of some of those who have been accused of looting the nation’s treasury under the administration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Mohammed, the information minister, released the list during a press conference in Lagos, adding that the individuals include officials in the past government.
The names in the released list included PDP chieftains currently facing charges of corruption and financial crimes.
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Source: Naija.ng
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