‘Corrupt Grandchildren’ Of ‘Corrupt Obasanjo’, Group Blasts Reps

A civil society group, the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL), has said that members of the House of Representatives have admitted being corrupt through their statement against former President Olusegun that he was the grandfather of corruption.

CACOL described the legislators as Grandchildren of corrupt Obasanjo, adding that the former President had no moral authority to talk about corruption.

This was conveyed in a statement issued by the group’s Media Coordinator, Wale Salami.

The statement reads: “To put it aptly, former President, Olusegun Obasanjo’s anti-corruption stance is pure hypocrisy and akin to ‘the kettle, calling the pot black’. We can say this even at the risk of sounding ‘supportive’ of the gluttonous legislators who have frankly admitted as reported in the media to being ‘corrupt grandchildren of a corrupt grandfather’; both sides of the divide are indeed culpable in the infestation of corruption in the fabrics of our society. They are two sides of the same coin, actually!

“We recall how all efforts to get Obasanjo to answer to allegations of corrupt practices over the Halliburton and Siemens Scandal against him were met with consciously and tactically placed obstacles that have shielded the former President from judicial and public scrutiny of his roles in the saga till date.”

Disclosing what CACOL had done in the past on Obasanjo and his suspected corruption cases, Adeniran said, “our coalition submitted a petition against former President, General Olusegun Obasanjo (Rtd) to the EFCC on November 14th, 2007 at the Lagos Zonal Office on offences bordering on alleged conspiracy, fraudulent conversion of funds and abuse of office, foreign exchange malpractice and money laundering.”