THE National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has pleaded with Nigerians and the media not to drag his name to the mud as a result of his son’s involvement in the fuel subsidy scam being pursued by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC , stating that the trail of his son must not be judged by the media, but by the law court currently in charge of the case.
Tukur had equally pleaded with the Nigerian media not to jump into conclusion, but to wait for the outcome of the case which is currently in court. He also stressed that the media should begin to look at his son, instead of looking at him (Tukur).
Turkur Son and others are currently facing trial for an alleged fuel subsidy’s scam.
The PDP National Chairman had avowed that there was no need dragging his name to the mud as the father of the accused son, stating that the sins of the son cannot be used to judge the father, stating that as an adult, his son was responsible for his action.
Speaking with Journalists in Abuja yesterday, Tukur had affirmed through his Special Adviser on Monitoring, Hon. Bernard Mikko that “The anger for which Nigerians vent on corrupts officials or persons can therefore be seen from the standpoint of the angst against corruption or that they would have been the beneficiary rather than the person caught.
” This explains why we are quick to try suspects, especially those linked to top government functionaries in the media circus and creating frenzy where non- exists. Our laws are clear and even a primary school pupil knows we are all presumed innocent until proven otherwise and convicted by a competent court of law.
“The sons of the past and current PDP chairmen are no exception. Mahmud is the son of Bamanga Tukur, the current PDP national chairman but since the reported arraignment of the former, the trial seemed to have not only shifted from the courts to the media, but also shifted from the son to the father.
“What is happening now is in contrast to Deuteronomy 24:16 “ the father shall not be put to death for his children and the children for fathers, every man shall be put to death for his own sin”.
Mikko who also quoted Ezekiel 18:20, said, “the soul that sinneth shall die. The son shall not bear iniquity for his father and neither shall the father bear iniquity for the son”. He further stressed that the quoted verse implies that each person is responsible for his action no matter the relationship.
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