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The Federal Government of Nigeria has released some names of officials of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that it said looted the treasury while the party was in power.
The government was responding to a challenge by the spokesperson of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, in response to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who said the PDP administration carried out massive looting of the treasury in the 16 years it was in power.
Mr. Ologbondiyan in a statement on Thursday accused Mr. Osinbajo of not being bold enough to mention names of those he claimed stole public funds.
The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, picked up the challenge Friday while addressing journalists in Lagos.
Mr. Mohammed said he called the press conference because the PDP has challenged the government to name the looters under their watch.
He also said the PDP had claimed they did not loot the treasury.
“Well, I am sure they know that the treasury was looted dry under their watch. Yet they decided to grandstand. This shows the hollowness of their apology to Nigerians,” he said.
Mr. Mohammed then gave a list of top officials of the PDP that he said were looters.
He said the national chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, on February 19, 2015 received N200 million from the office of then National Security Adviser (NSA).
“Then PDP Financial Secretary, on the 24th of October 2014, took N600 million only from the office of then NSA
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