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| Senator Na’Allah |
Senator
Bala Ibn Na’Allah (APC Kebbi South), which is the Senate Deputy Leader, has taken former President, Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo to the cleaners.
The Senator revealed
on Tuesday how he rejected Obasanjo’s N50million bribe ten years ago.
He spoke at the
backdrop of Obasanjo’s repeated allegations that federal lawmakers were
corrupt.
Obasanjo had on Monday
in Abuja in the heat of the ongoing allegation and counter allegations of
budget paddings among the leadership of the House of Representatives, told
state House correspondents that the allegations vindicated his earlier
statement that the federal lawmakers were rogues.
Taking strong
exception to that, Senator Na’Allah described Obasanjo as the grandfather of
corruption.
According to him,
“Obasanjo lacked the moral right to be making such allegations in view of his
corruption laden antecedents while in power, one of which was the N50million
bribe offered to each of the federal lawmakers during the 5th National Assembly
for his failed 3rd term bid in office.”
Na’Allah in the
statement declared that he rejected the bribe and challenged Obasanjo to come
out with any proven records of corruption he has against him, failure of which
he said, Obasanjo should consider his blanket allegation of corruption against
National Assembly members as reckless, rhapsodic and un-commonsensical.
The statement reads:
“My attention has been drawn to a purported statement attributed to former
president olusegun obasanjo in which it was alleged that he made a sweeping
statement to the effect that there are no men of integrity in the National
Assembly.
“I am respectfully
taking exception to the statement which I express the hope is not true. To
start with it is not in my character to join issues with elder statement who
have had the privilege of supretending over the affairs of our great country
Nigeria.
“This exception has
become necessary in view of the enormity of the alleged statement to my person
and integrity. If former president obasanjocan come out with one proven record
ofcurruption against me as a person I promised to vacate my seat as a senator
of the federal republic of Nigeria.
“For the records I was
the only member from Kebbi state who did not find it worthy at that time of
collecting the sum of 50 million naira as an inducement to subvert the
constitution and provide a constitutional framework for the third term Ambition
of president Obasanjo. I find this statement if it is true to be reckless and
terrifying.
“The implications of
the statement is to say that the entire over 170 million Nigerians have not
elected a single person with integrity among the 469 members of the national
Assembly. This is definitely rhapsodic and does not comform to commonsense and
reason”.
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