Edo State
Governor, Adams Oshiomhole at the weekend declared that it was not wrong for
President Muhammadu Buhari to beam his anti-corruption searchlight on men and
women in the immediate past administration of former President Goodluck
Jonathan.
He stressed that the cries of selectiveness of the Buhari’s fight
against corruption was uncalled for as Jonathan’s men were fully in charge of
managing the Nigerian economy that have been claimed to witness many corrupt
practices.
The governor spoke during the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE)
event for celebrating two media icons, Special Adviser to the President on
Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, and Senior Special Assistant to the
President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Friday night.
Oshiomhole, who represented the National Leader of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) as the Chairman of the occasion, said: “They are
serving a President who appreciates that these problems have to be confronted
headon. The President who boldly told the world that the issue of corruption,
if it is not killed, it will kill us. And since we don’t want to die, we have
to kill corruption.”
“But the forces behind corruption are powerful, some are feasible
and some are not feasible. They are men and women of rich, of means. Many are
even billionaires in dollars and euros.
“Now where are the forces that will queue behind the president to
confront the drivers of corruption. As you can see, people are already asking
question about due process, people are asking questions about selective and so
on.
“And it will be the job of Shehu and Femi to remind people that if
you managed a house for 16 years and members of the community believed that the
house has not been properly managed and that the reason for the mismanagement
is that some people willfully … including resorting to corrupt practices, you
can only deal with those in that house, the people who had responsibility for
managing the house.
“So when you select those people and deal with them, of course it
is selective. You can only select from among those who are involved with crime.
Editors will help to take this to our people.” He said
- Thenation
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