Abuja – The House of Representatives yesterday had fired back at the Former president of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo and accused him of being the most corrupt human being, the country had ever produced as well as being the grandfather of corruption.
Briefing the National Assembly Press Corps, Hon Abdulrazak Namdas, Chairman, House Committee on Media & Publicity said that it was Obasanjo who introduced corruption into the National Assembly on his first day in office as President in 1999.
This was sequence to a statement credited to former President Olusegun Obasanjo at a lecture he delivered recently, wherein, in his characteristic manner accused everybody but himself of corruption.
Hon. Namdas said that the former President Obasanjo, was understandably angry with the National Assembly as an institution for daring to foiled his ambition for a third-term in office even after trying to corrupt the members with a bribe of at least N50m each.
” Lest we forget, the person who introduced corruption to the National Assembly is Chief Olesugn Obasanjo. He birthed the 4th Republic National Assembly with corrupt practices from day one; indeed the first day of the Republic. He bribed both PDP, ANPP and AD legislators on their inauguration in 1999 to vote against the majority candidate of PDP, Dr. Chuba Okadigbo. That was how Senator Evan Enwerem became Senate President.”
“Have we forgotten the sacks of money displayed on the floor of the House of Representatives being bribe money paid by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo to some Honourable members to impeach Speaker, Rt. Hon. Ghali N’abba?”
“Have we forgotten that Chief Olusegun Obasanjo used his position as President to extort money from businessmen and contractors with his government to build his presidential library?”
” The list of his corrupt acts while in office is endless. Unquestionably, he is the greatest corrupt person ever to hold office in Nigeria. He remains the grandfather of corruption in Nigeria and lacks the moral authority to discuss corruption or indeed abuse of office in Nigeria as he remains the most corrupt Nigerian on record”.
“It is unfortunate that he has started his very familiar method of bringing down governments. He did it to Alhaji Shehu Shagari, he did it to Gen. Buhari, he did same to Gen. Babangida, he attempted to bring down Gen. Abacha before he imprisoned him for treason; he made frantic efforts to derail the government of President Ya’ardua when he couldn’t use him. He supported President Goodluck Jonathan but when he refused to take dictation, he turned against him. He supported President Buhari, but since he has sensed that Nigeria is having economic difficulties under him, he has pounced to derail his government.”
“The way Chief Obasanjo talks gives the impression that he is a lifetime opposition leader who has never held any office. What did he do about the issues he raised in his 8 years as President?”
“This is a man with unlimited access to President Buhari. Or is it because he has not appointed all his cronies as requested? We may never know. His stuck in trade is blackmail, subversion and treachery.”
Olusegun Obasanjo who became the head of State in 1976 after the assassination of General Murtala Mohammed and by providence elected 1999 as a democratic elected President, in which he ruled the country for eight years, had incurred the wrath of the lawmakers for daring to Pass auspices on the members of National Assembly.
