Tony Akowe, Abuja
All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday dismissed the allegation by main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of impropriety in the funding of its 2019 general election campaigns.
The ruling party challenged the main opposition to substantiate the allegation that it took money from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to fund its campaigns.
It said the PDP and its co-accusers should provide evidence from the FIRS and any other government agency to back up their allegation.
In a statement on Monday in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa Onilu, the ruling party warned the PDP and the others to sure they do not put the wrong information in the public domain.
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The statement reads: “Regarding some media reports and a statement from the PDP alleging that a phantom N90 billion or N40 billion was released to the APC by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) for the party’s 2019 election political campaigns, the allegation is hogwash.
“The baseless allegations contained in the media reports and the subsequent statement by the PDP is an unintelligent and crude attempt at a smear campaign. Only the sponsors of the report believe their tales.
“We call on the sponsors of the baseless allegation to resolve their confusion. Last time, it was N90 billion; now, it is N40 billion. We also challenge them to provide evidence from, not only FIRS, but any other government agency where the APC took one kobo for campaign.
“The matter of dipping hands into public coffers as a matter of official policy ended with the PDP. We recall that leaders of the PDP had contemplated changing the name of their party at a time because they were ashamed of their own record of sleaze.
“We, however, refer the PDP and co-peddlers of falsehood to the records of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) in terms of Cost of Collection accruing to FIRS and indeed the FIRS statement on the subject matter.”
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