Uche Secondus believes the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is more corrupt than his party ever was while ruling at the federal level.
The PDP won the presidency during the return of democracy in 1999 and led Nigeria for 16 years through three presidents before losing the Presidential Villa to President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC in 2015.
While speaking during an interview on Arise News on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, Secondus said corruption existed before PDP but that the party fought it more faithfully than the current administration.
When asked why Nigerians should vote for the PDP in the 2019 general elections even though the party lost in 2015 because it was deemed to be corrupt and incompetent, he said the problem existed before the party.
He said, “This is a perception that has been going on for some time, but you can see clearly the difference between PDP rule and APC rule. I think they’re more corrupt.
“The issue of corruption is all over the country even before the advent of the PDP so it’s not an issue where you pass the ball. Let’s not even go there.”
Secondus further noted that all the anti-corruption agencies in the country were established when the PDP was in power.
He said, “All the anti-corruption institutions were established by the PDP. When President Obasanjo came into power in 1999, corruption was there but to address the issue of corruption, he had to establish ICPC. It was not done by APC.
“He has to establish EFCC that’s being used now wrongly against the opposition. And, of course, if you are in the opposition and cross over to APC, immediately you’re saved and it becomes a safe haven for you.”
Even though one of Buhari’s three main campaign promises was to fight corruption, he has been accused of using anti-graft agencies to harass the opposition while shielding people in the APC accused of corruption from justice.
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