FG tasks Buhari on PTF

The Federal Government yesterday took a swipe at the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, asking him to account for the money realized through the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF), established by the administration of General Sani Abacha.

Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Kingsley Kuku, who spoke with newsmen in Akure, Ondo State capital, yesterday said Buhari should explain how his administration expended the money accrued to the Federal Government through the PTF.

“Buhari put Pa Adekunle Ajasin in prison without committing any offence. He used his military power to incarcerate many Nigerians. Is he the same person that we will allow to rule us in Nigeria?”

Kuku, who is the chairman of the Presidential Committee on Amnesty, queried the National Leader of the APC, Senator Bola Tinubu on his relationship with Buhari, saying: “Tinubu cannot say that he doesn’t know the author of corruption in Nigeria.

“I am not saying that Tinubu is a corrupt person, but he cannot deny the fact that he knows what corruption is. He can identify corruption and those who are corrupt in Nigeria. Tinubu knows what corruption means and what it means for an individual to be corrupt,’ he added.

On the alleged frosty relationship between President Goodluck Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Kuku said: “Obasanjo and Jonathan have no issue and if there is any issue between them they will resolve it.”