Sen. Dino Melaye says he respects former President Olusegun Obasanjo but
called him out for allegedly introducing bribery to the National
Assembly. According to a report by TheCable, Dino said this while
reacting to the letter Obasanjo sent to members of the Senate on January
13th where he berated them over their plans to buy more cars. He said;
“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.”
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