Dino Replies Obasanjo: You Introduced Corruption Into N’Assembly
The senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye has
blasted former president Olusegun Obasanjo for his letter
and accused him of introducing corruption into the national
assembly.
Obasanjo had written a letter to the national assembly
accusing it of insincerity for its planned purchase of 469 cars
worth N4.7bn. But Melaye, in a riposte on Thursday, said the
former president introduced corruption into the national
assembly in his bid to run for a third term in office.
“I have tremendous respect for president Olusegun Aremu
Okikiola Obasanjo. Elder statesman, respected pan
Africanist and committed patriot. I went through the letter
written to all senators and members of the house of
representatives. The letter I can see is a misplacement of
anger,” he said.
“Our leader is mistaking the eighth national assembly as the
same senate assembly that defrauded him in 2007. Those
who collected his money and refused to implement the 3rd
term agenda. I appeal to baba that we are not the ones
please. After nine years of that bribery saga, the first of its
kind, I expect forgiveness to have taken place.
“There was the case of bribery introduced by the Obasanjo
regime in the desperate attempt to remove speaker Ghali
Umar Na’abba from office then. In fact, there was open
display of that bribery money on the floor of the house. That
government exposed the national assembly to corruption
and easy money.
I hope this is not in an attempt to cover up and distract
attention from the Halliburton and Siemens corruption
allegations. “While I am against corruption anywhere in
Nigeria, I will not support accusations based on anger and
vindictiveness.
The eighth senate should also look inwardly and purge
herself of all the deliberate misgivings of the past. Nigeria
must work and we must support the anti-corruption stand of
the Buhari administration. God bless Nigeria.”
The Herald.
