Corruption: CUPP Calls For Speedy Prosecution Of Corrupt Public Office Holders.

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has called on the Federal Government to take the war against corruption seriously and prosecute all public officeholders indicted in accordance with the law of the land. In a statement signed by its chairman, contact and mobilisation committee Rev. Olusegun Peters, the coalition warned that there should be no sacred cow in the anti graft war which should be fought holistically no matter whose ox is gored. Stating that President Muhammadu Buhari government since inception has tackled corruption with kid gloves, Peters attributed the development to the rise in corruption cases in the country including the suspended EFCC acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu presently facing investigation. The opposition coalition noted that from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to the Niger Delta Development Commission, including the National Social Investment Programme that disbursed billions of naira curious palliatives including feeding students at home during the lockdown, the nation stinks of corruption. It however called for the establishment of a special court to try corruption related matters as the era of prosecuting public officeholders charged with corruption for over 12 years is unfair, unjust and unacceptable to Nigerians.