Perform a holistic anti-corruption war PDP tells federal government

  Abuja - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus
in the House of Representatives on Wednesday
urged the Federal Government to adopt a holistic
approach in its fight against corruption.
The group made the call in a news conference on
Wednesday in Abuja.
Addressing the conference on behalf of the caucus,
its Spokesman, Rep. Rima Kwewum (Taraba)
stressed that the anti-corruption crusade of the
present administration required probe that was
holistic.
He urged the government to focus on delivering its
mandate to Nigerians and not be preoccupied by
only fight against corruption.
Kwewum, however, expressed support of the
caucus and PDP to the anti-corruption campaign,
but said that the approach should be holistic.
"Probe should not be limited to selected citizens of
the country,’’ he cautioned.
  According to him, in the laws of Nigeria, corruption
is a crime.
"A crime could have been committed ten years ago,
but it is still a crime. Nobody has the power to
decide on his own that a crime committed at a
certain period is no longer a crime.
"A crime at any point as long as it is within our
memory, as long as facts can be brought up, is a
crime.
"This is why we are saying as a party that the fight
against corruption should not have any limitation
about what has happened as to time,’’ he said.
He also urged the government to ensure that
perpetrators of corrupt practices were duly
prosecuted.
"How can you come and say that you are not going
to prosecute people because you have arbitrarily
drawn a line without an amendment to the
Constitution; because the Constitution has not given
status of limitation.
"Any criminal activity is a criminal activity until it is
investigated and its perpetrators are penalized,’’
Kwewum said.