Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Kingsley Kuku, has faulted the claim by the National Leader of the APC Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, that the programme is constituting a drainpipe to the nation’s treasury.

The statement quoted Kuku as saying that, “It is regrettable that as a former governor of a state like Lagos, his stock-in-trade is not only to politicise every policy or programme of the President Jonathan administration but also vilely tries to achieve political capital through such less than salutary criticisms.”

Kuku challenged the APC leader to show proof of his allegations against the amnesty programme.

The statement also read, “As a security stabilisation programme for the hitherto restive Niger Delta, the amnesty programme has achieved its objective, through well thought-out vocational training and formal education schemes for the former agitators in the region.”