Probe OBJ or forget war against corruption- Waku tells Buhari
Wed Aug 24, 2016 12:01:pm Politics
2.9K By Buchi Obichie
President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked by a former Chairman, Senate Committee on Water Resources, Senator Joseph Waku,to either probe former President Olusegun Obasanjo or forget about his current war against corruption in the country.
The 4th Republic Senator claimed corruption was introduced into the country by the likes of Obasanjo and others; and said a probe of the former President was the only way Nigerians would take the anti-corruption war seriously.
Waku stated this on Tuesday, in an interview with journalists on the sideline at the ongoing Annual General Assembly of the Arewa Consultative Forum in Kaduna.
He said, "Look, I am 70 years old now and have been in this game for more than 50 years.
"Therefore, there is no way I can just look at some totality of what people are saying about corruption and believe it as it has been reported to me. If I have an investigating mechanism, I know that this accusation is real obviously.
"I have access to authority. I have access to Mr. President. I told Mr. President that this corruption probe of past regimes, if you don't probe Obasanjo, then you haven't done anything yet. Corruption in Nigeria was introduced by Obasanjo."
The APC chieftain also predicted that without Buhari, the APC would lose the 2019 general election.
He said the reason the party won the last election was because most of the politicians campaigning on the APC platform rode on Buhari's honesty to win their various current positions.
The 4th Republic Senator claimed corruption was introduced into the country by the likes of Obasanjo and others; and said a probe of the former President was the only way Nigerians would take the anti-corruption war seriously.
Waku stated this on Tuesday, in an interview with journalists on the sideline at the ongoing Annual General Assembly of the Arewa Consultative Forum in Kaduna.
He said, "Look, I am 70 years old now and have been in this game for more than 50 years.
"Therefore, there is no way I can just look at some totality of what people are saying about corruption and believe it as it has been reported to me. If I have an investigating mechanism, I know that this accusation is real obviously.
"I have access to authority. I have access to Mr. President. I told Mr. President that this corruption probe of past regimes, if you don't probe Obasanjo, then you haven't done anything yet. Corruption in Nigeria was introduced by Obasanjo."
The APC chieftain also predicted that without Buhari, the APC would lose the 2019 general election.
He said the reason the party won the last election was because most of the politicians campaigning on the APC platform rode on Buhari's honesty to win their various current positions.
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