By Olusegun Folarin
The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria, MMWG, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu not to spare any public office holder found guilty of financial misconduct or economic crimes.
The Group maintained that any form of indulgence or politicisation of criminal offences and economic crimes was capable of undermining the President’s renewed efforts at combating corruption in the country.
In a joint statement by the National Coordinator, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi and the Ogun State Coordinator of the group, Alhaji Kamaldeen Akintunde, the Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria urged the President not to succumb to the pressure being mounted on his office to pardon public office holders currently under investigations for financial impropriety.
The Group emphasized that a recent call, reportedly made by the Arewa Unity Front, for the reinstatement of the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Dr. Betta Edu was rather hasty, noting that such intervention ought to come after the conclusion of ongoing investigations of the officials concerned.
It urged the investigation panel to live up to expectations and avoid doing the hatchet job, but to uphold standard practice and conventional process of unraveling the truth and ensuring credible outcomes.
While encouraging public office holders and other officials to be guided by their ‘oath of office and allegiance’ and avoid actions capable of tarnishing their image or erode the people’s confidence in them, the Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria also called on those at the helms of affairs to embrace the rule of law and promote good governance.
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