Don’t Politicise Anti-Corruption Fight, PDP Urges Media

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appealed to media practitioners  not to play politics in reporting exposed cases of corruption in the country.
National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, who stated this at a press conference at the weekend in Abuja urged journalists and media executives to investigate all cases of corruption and publish them for the public.
He expressed concern that the issue of corruption in the country was worsening as critical agencies of government, including the anti-graft agencies were alleged to be involved in scandals.
Secondus said some of the exposed alleged cases of corruption were those in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), the maritime sector, the Customs, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), North East Development Commission and sale of crude oil to China, among others.
The chairman urged the media to ensure that all ongoing alleged cases of corruption were not swept under the carpet.
He also urged the National Assembly to urgently amend the constitution and relevant laws to ensure that those who stole the country’s money would not escape with it.
The chairman  called on the Federal Government to ensure that it applied the law for prosecution of those accused of corruption, irrespective of their party affiliations.