Onuesoke knocks Buhari, APC over Adeosun (Vanguard)

Finance minister Kemi Adeosun (L) signs the register before Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari after taking the oath of office in Abuja on November 11, 2015. Nigeria on November 11 finally got a new government after more than five months of waiting, as 36 ministers and junior ministers swore the oath of allegiance and were assigned formal roles. The ceremony at President Muhammadu Buhari's official residence in the capital, Abuja, brought to an end 166 days in which he has effectively been in sole charge of Africa's leading economy. AFP PHOTO / STRINGER (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has condemned the stand of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Federal Government and members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) while the controversy over exemption of former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), lasted.

Onuesoke Onuesoke, who spoke to newsmen in Abuja yesterday accused Buhari of failing to suspend the Minister whilst investigating the matter.

He said a President that has been preaching against corruption would not have waited a minute before asking her to step aside whether he believes the allegation was true or not. “Rather, officials of Buhari’s government kept quiet for a while.

When they finally responded they alluded to the fact that Adeosun would not be prosecuted for forging NYSC exemption certificate because she is ‘damned good at her job’ and because ‘forgery is not corruption”, he added.

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