Buhari’s Corruption War Has Double Standards –Wike

Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike has openly said that the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari has double standards in its campaign against corruption.

The governor, while delivering a keynote address at the 2016 annual conference of the Nigerian chapter of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in Port Harcourt, said the government was suspending public officers accused of corruption but retaining other officers because they belonged to the All Progressives Congress.

The words of Wike:“We think the Federal Government must hold every public officer and everyone of us to the same standards of accountability. It smacks of double standards for the Federal Government to force some public officers accused of corruption to step aside pending the conclusion of their cases, while keeping other public officers similarly accused in their public posts simply because they happen to be top members of the ruling party.

“Such inequities strike at the very essence of our moral values and rubbish the demand for character and personal integrity in public service.

“By resigning from his public position on account of the allegations of bribery against him, Muiz Banire (SAN), a former legal adviser of the All Progressives Congress, has proven to be a man who loves his character more than anything else.

“Let all those public officers with the smear of corruption step aside honourably and concentrate on clearing their names. We totally support our President’s fight against corruption. However, we are on our way to anarchy if we encourage or allow law enforcement agencies the latitude to abuse the fundamental rights of our citizens under the guise of fighting corruption.”