Ikoyigate: Make your findings public, Timi Frank urges Osinbajo

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Comrade
Timi Frank, has said that the fight against corruption by the present
administration could suffer credibility question if the findings of the
Presidential committee investigating the controversial $43million in a
Lagos apartment is not released to Nigerians on time. Munguno,
Osinbajo and Malami The committee headed by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo
, was saddled with investigating allegations of corruption against the suspended
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Engr. Babachir David
Lawal. Frank said the report ought to have been released to show transparency
in the war against corruption the same way the Senate has done. In a
statement issued Sunday in Abuja, Frank said, “the international community
are also waiting to see how Nigeria will handle the matter as this singular
act could make or mar the war against corruption in Nigeria. “It is high
time this report was made public to prove to the world that our party means
it when we say we are fighting corruption, because doing as we have said is
the hallmark of integrity in governance. “The reports of discovery of large
amount of money as $43m without true identity of the owner in a country
where government cannot pay salaries or increase the meagre amount
being paid the hard working civil servants; where poverty, hunger and
massive unemployment are the order of the day should not be delayed
or swept under the carpet.” He said that Nigerians actually believe in
the integrity of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo the same way they trust President
Muhammadu Buhari himself, adding that “this is the time to prove that
integrity, because Nigerian masses are suffering for the sins they never
committed.” The Bayelsa born politician, while making reference to how
the Senate President Bukola Saraki submitted himself to probe over allegations
of corruption by this same government, said :”nobody found guilty should
be protected. The NIA and SGF’s reports should no longer be kept away
from Nigerians. These reports should be released within the shortest
possible time to allay the fears among a section
of Nigerians,” Frank said.