Former Kenyan Prime Minister and now a strong opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has in a story, used a former Nigerian minister as an illustration of how public office holders amass wealth illegally.
While addressing an audience at a summit which held in Kenya, Odinga spoke of how an unnamed Malaysian minister hosted his unnamed Nigerian counterpart and they shared ideas on corruption.
According to him, after taking an infrastructural tour around the country, both men retired into the residence of the Malaysian.
Impressed by the splendour, the Nigerian was said to have asked his host how he managed to acquire the mansion.
The Malaysian reportedly said he got 10 percent of the amount meant for the construction of a highway as kickback.
He said when the Malaysian minister returned the visit and came to Nigeria, he too was taken on a tour, all he saw were potholes and bad roads.
Just like it happened in the Asian country, the two men were said to have retired into the Lagos mansion of the Nigerian minister.
The Malaysian asked how his counterpart got money to build such a house with swimming pool and he reportedly said he got 100 percent of the amount meant for the construction of roads as kickback.
Corruption is one of the vices bedeviling Nigeria. It’s unclear if Odinga used the story to make a point or it happened in real life.
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