A member of the Nigerian Senators' Forum, Senator Yisa Braimoh (who represented Edo North in the Senate between 2007 and 2011) has taken former military Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to task over his claim that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, institutionalised corruption in the country..
Braimoh, in a statement at the weekend in Abuja debunked Buhari's allegation, arguing that corruption was not about political platforms but individuals running them.
He said: "General Buhari missed the point when he accused the PDP of institutionalising corruption in Nigeria. The PDP did not institutionalise corruption, rather, successive PDP administrations at the federal level have been fighting the corruption scourge, which individuals and politicians in public and private offices, since the military era, have deepened through their greed and deep-seated acquisitive tendencies.
"I am not surprised that Buhari would re-echo the opposition's mantra whenever it is convenient to demonise the PDP even when it is quite clear that those politicians in the PDP who used their offices to corruptly enrich themselves are today in the same party with him.
"It is indeed paradoxical that Buhari, who presents to the world as one who hates corruption, would gladly cohabit with corrupt former ministers, serving and former governors in the All Progressive Congress, APC, in a bid to wrest power from President Goodluck Jonathan."
Braimoh asked if Buhari can vouch for the integrity of those questionable characters around him in the APC.