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.”
Source : http://www.naijatask.com/i-respect-obasanjo-but-he-introduced-bribery-to-the-national-assembly-dino-melaye/