By Adeniyi, Alimi Sulaiman,
As controversy still rages on over
the way and manner, the President
and Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces, General Muhammadu Buhari,rtd
was prosecuting the war against the menace of corruption in the
country, a human rights activist and Executive Chairman, Centre for
Human rights and Social Justice(CHRSJ),Comrade Adeniyi,Alimi Sulaiman
has declared that the ongoing fight against the graft by the present
administration was selective and lacks direction, just as he stated
that the noise through media propaganda has override the core value of
the fight against the menace.
Reacting to the controversy generated by the war against corruption in
the polity, through a press statement issued and signed by Comrade
Sulaiman after attending the 19th Annual Kolagbodi Memorial lecture,
held in Banquet Hall, Lagos Travel Inn, Ikeja, which a copy was made
available to newsmen in Lagos on Monday, he stated that it would
difficult for Buhari led-government to win any war against corruption
by targeting the members of the opposition and political opponents.
He however described the development as parochial, ungodly,
undemocratic and unconstitutional which is against Buhari’s inaugural
speech during his sworn-in ceremony as elected President of Nigeria on
May 29th, 2015, that “I belong to nobody and I belong to everybody”,
saying that there was no way a government could fight corruption
without monitoring its agencies in charge of fighting the cancer worm
that has eaten deep into the fabrics of the country system.
His words:”This is against the principle of fight against the menace
of corruption which has been the bane of the country’s national
development and also against the principle of equity, fairness and
justice that against the preamble of the amended 1999 Constitution
which Mr. President takes oath to uphold without fear or favour.
“How President of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari, rtd will defend
some former All Progressives Congress (APC) governors that have one
corrupt allegation or the others on their necks, without asking them
to go and clear their names first. President Buhari still goes against
his anti-corruption stance by still sending their names to the Senate
for screening and confirmation in the name of politics”.
Sulaiman reiterated that Buhari lacked credible defence in sending the
names of those who have been alleged of one corrupt practice or the
others, instead of President Buhari to defer their names, pending the
provision of satisfactory report on them that exonerate them from the
corrupt allegations but the presidency that claimed to be fighting
corruption, was lobbying the senate now to clear the controversial
personalities because Buhari wants them to be in his government at
all cost.
According to him: “It is an eye opener and on records that only
members of the opposition political parties and political opponents
are being invited since June 1st ,2015 to October 20th ,2015 by the
anti-graft agencies in the country .President Buhari should know that
Nigeria is not going to eat integrity but they need good governance
with good economy direction that would make live bearable for them.
“Till this present moment(since Five months now) ,Buhari’s government
lacks economic blue print and direction in governance which lead to
the uproar in various State of the federation after submitting its
ministerial nominees to the Senate because Buhari lacks cohesion
within the ruling party by allowing internal democracy to operate in
their folds”.
Querying rhetorically, why the anti-graft agencies, particularly, the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) refused to investigate
the petition forwarded to it by some Civil Society Organizations
(CSOs) where they raised corrupt allegations against Mr Babatunde
Fashola of Lagos State,Mr Rotimi Amaech of River State and host of
others? Is it because they were members of ruling party in the land?
Or they wanted to be the Ministers in Buhari’s government.
Comrade Adeniyi, Alimi Sulaiman, is the executive chairman,
Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ). He could be reached on: +2348038591504 & +2348022697573
and Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces, General Muhammadu Buhari,rtd
was prosecuting the war against the menace of corruption in the
country, a human rights activist and Executive Chairman, Centre for
Human rights and Social Justice(CHRSJ),Comrade Adeniyi,Alimi Sulaiman
has declared that the ongoing fight against the graft by the present
administration was selective and lacks direction, just as he stated
that the noise through media propaganda has override the core value of
the fight against the menace.
Reacting to the controversy generated by the war against corruption in
the polity, through a press statement issued and signed by Comrade
Sulaiman after attending the 19th Annual Kolagbodi Memorial lecture,
held in Banquet Hall, Lagos Travel Inn, Ikeja, which a copy was made
available to newsmen in Lagos on Monday, he stated that it would
difficult for Buhari led-government to win any war against corruption
by targeting the members of the opposition and political opponents.
He however described the development as parochial, ungodly,
undemocratic and unconstitutional which is against Buhari’s inaugural
speech during his sworn-in ceremony as elected President of Nigeria on
May 29th, 2015, that “I belong to nobody and I belong to everybody”,
saying that there was no way a government could fight corruption
without monitoring its agencies in charge of fighting the cancer worm
that has eaten deep into the fabrics of the country system.
His words:”This is against the principle of fight against the menace
of corruption which has been the bane of the country’s national
development and also against the principle of equity, fairness and
justice that against the preamble of the amended 1999 Constitution
which Mr. President takes oath to uphold without fear or favour.
“How President of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari, rtd will defend
some former All Progressives Congress (APC) governors that have one
corrupt allegation or the others on their necks, without asking them
to go and clear their names first. President Buhari still goes against
his anti-corruption stance by still sending their names to the Senate
for screening and confirmation in the name of politics”.
Sulaiman reiterated that Buhari lacked credible defence in sending the
names of those who have been alleged of one corrupt practice or the
others, instead of President Buhari to defer their names, pending the
provision of satisfactory report on them that exonerate them from the
corrupt allegations but the presidency that claimed to be fighting
corruption, was lobbying the senate now to clear the controversial
personalities because Buhari wants them to be in his government at
all cost.
According to him: “It is an eye opener and on records that only
members of the opposition political parties and political opponents
are being invited since June 1st ,2015 to October 20th ,2015 by the
anti-graft agencies in the country .President Buhari should know that
Nigeria is not going to eat integrity but they need good governance
with good economy direction that would make live bearable for them.
“Till this present moment(since Five months now) ,Buhari’s government
lacks economic blue print and direction in governance which lead to
the uproar in various State of the federation after submitting its
ministerial nominees to the Senate because Buhari lacks cohesion
within the ruling party by allowing internal democracy to operate in
their folds”.
Querying rhetorically, why the anti-graft agencies, particularly, the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) refused to investigate
the petition forwarded to it by some Civil Society Organizations
(CSOs) where they raised corrupt allegations against Mr Babatunde
Fashola of Lagos State,Mr Rotimi Amaech of River State and host of
others? Is it because they were members of ruling party in the land?
Or they wanted to be the Ministers in Buhari’s government.
Comrade Adeniyi, Alimi Sulaiman, is the executive chairman,
Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ). He could be reached on: +2348038591504 & +2348022697573
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