Frank, who was a chieftain of the ruling party, APC said this in a press statement made available to SaharaReporters on Friday.
Mr Timi Frank, a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has claimed that the present administration of President Bola Tinubu has begun to negotiate with looters of public funds.
Frank, who was a chieftain of the ruling party, APC said this in a press statement made available to SaharaReporters on Friday.
In the release, Frank said the government stopped probing public officers who are suspected of syphoning public funds after the arrest of suspended Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele and former Chairman of Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa because of the plots by the political class to reach compromise among themselves.
He said, “From all indications, your (Tinubu’s) government is negotiating with looters and that is the reason why up till now we have not seen any new action against looters after the arrest and detention of Emefiele and Bawa.
“Many Nigerians were happy and commended the actions you took on these arrests but at this time we think a lot of the people who looted the country under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would have by now been arrested and being prosecuted in court.
“Unfortunately, no further action has not been taken to bring them to justice and information at our disposal show that a lot of these looters are negotiating with your government for soft landing.
“Most importantly, the zeal with which you started the fight against corruption which Nigerians applauded with the hope that you have come to surprise the country by genuinely fighting corruption has clearly died down and probably may not happen again.
“If care is not taken, it might turn out that Emefiele and Bawa were just victims. In other words, from your body language so far, we don’t think you are ready to genuinely continue the fight against corrupt government officials but only after those perceived not to have supported your bid to emerge as President.
“Otherwise there are lot of looters out there which despite the plethora of evidence of corrupt tendencies against them are going around freely and it is very likely that nothing will happen to them anymore.”
Frank further stated that there are indicators that those alleged looters may someday become members of the Tinubu administration, implying that they have dodged the wrath of the law for their prior corrupt deeds.
He continued: “It is very clear that most of them might be appointed into your administration as Ministers or other key government positions which would be tantamount to rewarding looters.”
“For instance, it is highly unbecoming that Senator Godswill Akpabio, with all the atrocious actions he took as Minister of Niger Delta Affairs in emasculating and annexing the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to frustrate development of the region as Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, has now been brought back and rewarded with the position of President of the Senate, while Ms Hadiza Bala-Usman who was sacked over corruption allegations as managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is now Special Adviser to the President on Policy Coordination.
“Most likely, Nigerians will see more known looters rewarded with juicy positions in his cabinet,” he added.