A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank has called on President Bola Tinubu to extend his anti-corruption war to other appointees of former president Muhammadu Buhari.
Frank in a statement issued Tuesday also urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Department of State Security (DSS) to extend their probe to former Service Chiefs and Inspector General of Police from the administration of former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd) up to the ones recently retired by Tinubu.
He added that the suspension and arrest of the Governor of Central bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele and Chairman of EFCC, AbdulRasheed Bawa have been hailed by Nigerians, adding that the President must not let his anti-corruption drive stop with these two individuals.
Frank pointed out that those that deserve to be guests of DSS and EFCC included: former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, former Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, former Attorney- General for the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari.
Others are: former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman (now appointed Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Policy Coordination), former Comptroller general of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hammid Ali, Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Bashir Jamo, former Managing Directors and Sole Administrators of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as well as former and immediate past Service Chiefs appointed by Buhari.
Frank insisted that failure to arrest and prosecute these suspects known to have used their offices for selfish gain would show that Tinubu’s administration was only out to witch-hunt Emefiele and Bawa now under DSS custody.
He insisted that that ex-officials like Sylva need to answer questions on alleged identity theft, sale of oil blocks, marginal oil fields and refineries; while Siriki needs to tell Nigerians the whereabouts of Air Nigeria and monumental funds spent on it so far.
Frank stressed that Farouq also needs to tell the DSS and EFCC how money voted for social investment programme especially school feeding were expended.
He also urged Tinubu to be wary of former Governors especially of the PDP who are now pretending to support his administration.
He described their motive as selfish while warning Tinubu not to allow his administration to be a dump site for known corrupt elements.
