Former President Obasanjo has been requested to give up himself to EFCC for probe.
PoliticalNews Nigeria studies that Oba Francis Alao, the Olugbon of Orile-Igbon in Oyo State, has lambasted former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.
This Nigeria information platform understands that the monarch dared Obasanjo to give up himself to the {Economic} and {Financial} Crimes Fee (EFCC) as a result of he’s not a saint.
Alao made the assertion days after Obasanjo stated that almost all Nigerian political leaders ought to be behind bars.
Obasanjo spoke in Abeokuta on Friday, August 9, when he acquired six members of the Home of Representatives, who’re co-sponsors of payments proposing a single six-year time period, rotation of the Presidency between the North and South, and rotation of governorship slots among the many three senatorial districts of every of the 36 states.
The previous president stated: “Our predominant drawback is ourselves. Whether or not we undertake a single time period of six years or two phrases of 4 years, if we preserve the identical mentality and method, nothing will change.
“The actual difficulty is ourselves. Sure, the system wants rethinking, however the character of individuals in authorities should change. With all due respect, many in authorities ought to at present be behind bars or on the gallows.”
Reacting, Alao stated on Monday, August 12, although he aligned with Obasanjo’s place, the previous President ought to lead by instance “by submitting himself for incarceration as a frontrunner of this era of the so-called corrupt folks. There isn’t a approach he can exclude himself.”
Oba Alao claimed that in Obasanjo’s tenure as President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007, the administration spent billions of United States {dollars} to repair the nation’s energy provide challenges, “but there’s nothing to point out for it.”
“So, excluding himself from these he described as corrupt leaders is nothing however grandstanding since Obasanjo can’t wash his fingers clear of all actions that introduced Nigeria to this undesirable state. Doing so will quantity to a pot calling the kettle black.
“Obasanjo ought to cease parading himself all around the world as a saint when he is among the leaders that steered the ship of Nigeria from 1976 thus far. He’s inclusive of the 90 per cent of Nigerian leaders that ought to be in jail for corruption.