Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has told former President
Olusegun Obasanjo stop deceiving the world with his anti-corruption
posture, saying; “the former president is the father of corruption in
Nigeria, who sits on stolen wealth.
He lacks moral rights to
accuse anyone of corruption and I challenge him to explain to Nigerians
the source of his stupendous wealth.”
Governor Fayose, who
was reacting to comment credited to Obasanjo that African leaders should
ensure that treasury looters are exposed and his warning of former
Attorney-General of the
Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice
Mohammed Adoke to stop mentioning his name in the controversial $1.09
billion Malabu Oil deal, said the former President should rather explain
to Nigerians the source of his stupendous wealth.
In a
release issued on Thursday, by his Special Assistant on Public
Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said it
smacked of the highest level of hypocrisy for someone like Obasanjo to
be sermonising about corruption, having superintended over a corrupt
government himself.
He said the former President must come
out clean on his roles in the controversial $1.09 billion Malabu Oil
deal, instead of warning former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF)
and Minister of Justice Mohammed Adoke to stop mentioning his name in
the deal, adding that; “It is on record that the out-of-court settlement
on the controversial Malabu Oil Block was initiated in 2006 during
Obasanjo’s administration.”
Governor Fayose, who maintained
that Obasanjo’s accusing anyone of corruption was like “Oyenusi accusing
Shina Rambo of armed robbery”, challenged the former President to
explain to Nigerians the source of his stupendous wealth, saying; “We
saw how Obasanjo was when he became president and the magnitude of both
direct and indirect investments that he has now. Can he in all honesty
tell Nigerians that he acquired his wealth through legitimate means?”
Describing
Obasanjo as the fathers of corruption in the present day Nigeria,
Governor Fayose said; “Even the National Assembly affirmed him
(Obasanjo) as the grandfather of corruption in Nigeria and it is on
record that it was this same Obasanjo, who is always claiming holier
than thou that introduced politics of ghana-must-go bags to the National
Assembly.
“Has Obasanjo forgotten how many billions of naira
was deployed to lobby National Assembly members to support his third
term agenda?”
“Has he forgotten so soon that it was during his tenure
that sacks of money were displayed on the floor of the House of
Representatives, as bribe money given to some Reps members to impeach
the then Speaker, Ghali N’abba?
While reiterating his demand that the
former President should refund with interest, the N10 million that he
was forced alongside other governors to donate to his Presidential
Library project, Governor Fayose said; “Someone like Obasanjo, who used
his position as President to extort money from governors, businessmen
and contractors to build his presidential library lacked more rights to
accuse anyone of corruption.”
He said “other Nigerians who
left offices as President are still relevant to their people, but can
the same be said about Obasanjo? Was he useful to the Yoruba race as
President and now as former President? The bad state that he left major
roads linking the Southwest to other zones in Nigeria, especially the
Lagos-Ibadan expressway remains a pointer to this.
Yet, he goes about postulating as if he is the only honest Nigerians who can make things right in the country.”
Source: Vanguard
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