The House of Representatives on Thursday replied
former president, Olusegun Obansanjo, saying the
ex-president’s recent statements are aimed at
bringing down the government of President
Muhammadu Buhari.
Obasanjo had at a lecture in Lagos on Wednesday
maintained his position that the National
Assembly was deeply corrupt and that the House
was threatening the life of the suspended former
chairman of its appropriation committee,
Abdulmumin Jibrin, who exposed the corruption
perpetrated in the 2016 budget.
However, addressing a press conference, House
spokesman, Abdulrazak Namdas (APC, Adamawa),
accused Obasanjo of being a mischief maker and
a life time opposition leader, who blackmails
every government that he is not part of.
Namdas also said that as far as the House was
concerned, Obasanjo introduced corruption in the
House the first day he assumed office as
president in 1999 and that the former president is
the grandfather of corruption in Nigeria.
“It is unfortunate that he has started his very
familiar method of bringing down governments.
He did it to Alhaji Shehu Shagari, he did it to Gen.
Buhari, he did same to Gen. Babangida, he
attempted to bring down Gen. Abacha before he
imprisoned him for treason; he made frantic
efforts to derail the government of President
Ya’ardua when he couldn’t use him. He supported
President Goodluck Jonathan but when he refused
to take dictation, he turned against him. He
supported President Buhari, but since he has
sensed that Nigeria is having economic difficulties
under him, he has pounced to derail his
government. The way Chief Obasanjo talks
gives the impression that he is a lifetime
opposition leader who has never held any office.
What did he do about the issues he raised in his
8 years as President? This is a man with
unlimited access to President Buhari. Or is it
because he has not appointed all his cronies as
requested? We may never know. His stuck in
trade is blackmail, subversion and treachery. We
wish him well.”
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