According to TheCable, Senator Dino Melaye has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter to the national assembly as a misplacement of anger, accusing him of introducing corruption into the national assembly.
Obasanjo had written a letter to the national assembly accusing it of insincerity for its plan to purchase 469 cars worth N4.7bn. 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.
Hear him:
“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.”
Dear fellow Nigerians and readers of this blog…brother Rasheed Akangbe is right…former president Obasanjo has the right to speak and rain in on what he sees as corruption and where it is coming from. On the same token, Senator Melay is equally right in pointing an accusatory finger back at the former president for all the corrupt practices “he introduced.”
That is basically what we need today in Nigeria – for everyone who has been involved in the leadership of Nigeria, in one way or the other, to come out and confess their sins, a sort of “TRUTH & RECONCILIATION” panel on Nigeria corruption; this will include and not limited to the members of the past administration. It MUST go back to 1983/1985 (from Head of State Buhari’s time),that’s when massive corruption started in Nigeria.
The wildly reported and supposed deal that President Buhari made with both former president Obasanjo and former head of state Babangida not to investigate them is absolutely wrong and massively corrupt. This is the only way we can begin to purge our country of this beast called corruption.
Cash Ezimako
Dinoooo!!! Bravooo, bravo, well said. Your writeup is short and crispy but, tell you what! Am not in anyway soliciting for Baba neither am I denying the shady 3rd term and Haliburton saga.The issue here is because Baba committed acts that were unbecoming you are telling me he should not talk?
Dino, is this how it really works?Anytime Bukola Saraki goes out you are never far away from him and we all know his stance with Baba,abi? Let us get something clear, I mean real clear, no matter how long it takes, accountability will still be rendered, there is just no other prudent way to do it and when it’s your turn please, don’t forget to explain to them how you were shacking with a friend not more than ten years ago near Aso Rock and now living in a PALACIOUS MANSION of your own, SENATOR DINO MELAYE!!!