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OBJ ‘fathered’ corruption in the National Assembly – Melaye

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Sen Melaye advocates Presidential pardon, amnesty for looters

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo may have stirred troubling waters with his letter to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, as the Senator representing Kogi West, Senator Dino Melaye, Thursday took on the former President, accusing him of introducing bribery and corruption into the National Assembly.

Obasanjo had, in a letter dated 13th of January, accused the National of corruption, lack of transparency and engaging in frivolous spending.

However, Senator Melaye in his reaction said it was rather Obasanjo that introduced corruption into the National Assembly when he induced members of the then House of Representatives to impeach their speaker, Ghali Na’Abba.

“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 (Obasanjo’s) 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.

According to the 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 further: “Our leader is mistaking the 8th 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 9 years of that bribery saga, the first of its kind, I expect forgiveness (from Obasanjo) to have taken place”.

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