The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday said it would not undermine the judicial process by acting on the Economic and Financial Crimes advisory list on alleged corrupt politicians.
The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Prof. Rufai Alkali, said since it believed in the judicial process, only the courts could decide the fate of politicians on the list.
Alkali was reacting to an advisory published by a national daily (not THE PUNCH) on politicians and other prominent Nigerians with corruption cases.
The PDP had after a series of consultations with the EFCC asked for a list of its members with graft cases against them, with a view to stopping them from contesting elections in 2011.
The advisory list, which contained the names of 40 prominent politicians and over 60 businessmen, bankers and companies, however, attracted mixed reactions on Monday.
Among those on the list are former governors of Abia, Oyo, Enugu, Plateau and Ekiti states - Chief Orji Kalu, Alhaji Rashidi Ladoja, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani, Chief Michael Bot-Mang and Mr. Ayo Fayose respectively; as well as ex-presidential spokesman, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode.
Also on the list are the daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello; former governors James Ibori (Delta); Saminu Turaki (Jigawa); Joshua Dariye (Plateau), Lucky Igbinedion (Edo); Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa); Attahiru Bafarawa (Sokoto); and Boni Haruna (Adamawa).
But apparently to douse the controversy generated on Monday by the advisory list, the PDP through Alkali, said, “Since we are not the court, it is not possible for us to pass judgment on whether somebody is guilty or not guilty.”
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