By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Wednesday rejected President Bola Tinubu’s decision to hand the investigation into the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) scandal to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), arguing that the presidency cannot credibly investigate a scandal in which it is itself at the centre of the allegations.
For the ADC, the issue boils down to one question: can a government investigate allegations that reach into its own corridors of power? The party says only an independent inquiry can answer that question credibly.
The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, made the party’s position known in a statement, arguing that President Tinubu’s directive to the ICPC amounted to an in-house investigation of a scandal that has triggered widespread public scrutiny at home and abroad.
“A government that is drowning in scandals cannot be trusted to investigate itself,” Abdullahi declared.
