The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Anti – Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay says the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) mayl have problems convincing Nigerians ahead of the 2019 general elections.

Speaking during a Channels TV programme on Sunday night, Sagay, who recently had altercations with the APC leadership and the National Assembly over his criticisms of some party officials said the party could not be said to be fighting corruption as it had corrupt members presently in its fold.

He said: “If you have a big party which has a specific mandate to fight corruption or at least reduce it drastically to a level that it will not stop the nation’s development, then the members of that party must be seen also fighting corruption.

“If you have such mandate as a party and you have people in that party who are actively promoting corruption or they are subjects of corruption and promoters of corruption, what they are doing is denying the party of the opportunity of truly fighting corruption.

He added: “My view is that the party hierarchy and party leadership and not the government is condoning corruption and they are hobnobbing with those corrupt party members and therefore setting a stage for the government to have serious problems when there is need to convince Nigerians that it is entitled to have another term in office.”