Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to release copies of their assets declaration forms submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau. It describes as “a deceptive window- dressing to hoodwink unsuspecting

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The Peoples Democratic Party has
called on President Muhammadu
Buhari and his deputy, Prof. Yemi
Osinbajo, to release copies of their
assets declaration forms submitted to
the Code of Conduct Bureau.
It describes as “a deceptive window-
dressing to hoodwink unsuspecting
Nigerians” the release, by an aide of
the President, “of a mere list of some
belongings of President Buhari and
Osinbajo, in place of the pledge
made to Nigerians by the President
as candidate of the All Progressives
Congress.”
It said Buhari made the pledge on
March 18, 2015, at exactly 5 pm.
The party recalled that the President,
in his own words, had stated to
Nigerians that, “I pledge to publicly
declare my assets and liability and
also encourage my political
appointees to publicly declare their
assets and liability.”
The PDP however said it had
observed that President Buhari and
his deputy failed to produce copies of
their declarations, detailing the exact
nature and value of respective
assets.
PDP National Publicity Secretary,
Chief Olisa Metuh, in a statement in
Abuja on Friday, said “the release of
a mere list of belongings falls short
of credibility, transparency and anti-
corruption standards as well as
exposes the proclivity of the present
administration for deception.”
“We have noted the release of a
flimsy list of belongings of President
Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo
by the Presidency, who want such to
pass as the public declaration of
assets as pledged by the President.
Nigerians are not deceived by this
poor attempt at window-dressing
designed by the Presidency to
hoodwink the unsuspecting populace
in a desperate bid to shore up its
diminished image.
“We ask, is the resort to a mere list,
instead of true copies of the
declaration, not a ploy to give the
Presidency a window for denial in
consonance with their widely
observed inclination for flip-
flopping, back tracking and brazen
denials of their statements and
actions?”
The statement also said, “All we want
is credibility, integrity and sincerity
of purpose. We are not questioning
how a President, who by December
last year, declared that he had only
N1 million in his account, could
suddenly now list N30 million in the
same bank account by May 29, and
after an expensive campaign; we are
not yet demanding the public
declaration of his assets in his wife’s
name.
“We are not even applauding the
multiplication of his cows from 150
to 250 in a space of three months,
arising from his dual and conflicting
pronouncements on this issue.”
He said what the PDP and discerning
Nigerians were demanding was for
the President to always stand by his
words and pledge.
“Mr. President, this is a mere list of
your belongings and not a public
declaration of assets in fulfillment of
your covenant with Nigerians,”
Metuh added.
Source: PunchNg