Buhari Will Not Spare Corrupt Officials, Says Oshiomhole
• Flays Pastors’ Stance On Anti-graft War
• Urges Media Cooperation
EDO State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has again defended President Muhammadu Buhari’s war against corruption, saying critics deliberately shut their eyes to happenings in recent years when the country’s endowment was shared among few individuals and their cronies.
Stressing that without drastic action, it would be difficult for the country to reclaim its glorious past, he wondered why those crying foul chose to keep silent when many wrongdoings were being carried out under former President Goodluck Jonathan.
“When my helicopter was stopped while going to Ekiti State, as a governor with immunity…I was stopped by a low-level military officer from flying to Ekiti because my purpose was to campaign. I didn’t quite hear pastors protesting on my behalf. When Rotimi Amaechi, former Rivers State governor, was detained by a Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, and they moved tanks to Government House, heaven didn’t fall,” he said.
According to the governor, the good news, today, is that the country has a President with enormous political will, who is determined to get the job done.
Oshiomhole spoke as chairman at a dinner held Friday night by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), in honour of Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu, recently appointed by the President as Special Adviser and Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, respectively.
The Edo governor said it was wrong for anybody to expect Buhari not to beam his anti-corruption searchlight on men and women in the administration of former President Jonathan, stressing that cries of selectiveness on the fight against graft were uncalled for.
Oshiomhole, who represented the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Odigie-Oyegun, said: “They are serving a President who appreciates that these problems have to be confronted head on; the President who boldly told the world that the issue of corruption, if it is not killed, 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 visible and some are not. They are rich men and women who have 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 questions about due process. People are asking questions about selectivity, 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 in crime. Editors will help to take this to our people.”
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Let this probe begin! Adams speaks like a man on vendetta mission. Corruption neither has tenure nor expiry date.The fight transcends party loyalty, ethnicity or religion. Let the dragnet be cast so wide that any fish within the corrupt waters will be dragged ashore.
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GOODLUCK JONATHAN BAND AND GANG OF THIEVES AND ROBBERS WILL DEFINITELY PAY VERY DEARLY FOR THE VERY TERRIBLE HARM THEY CAUSED NIGERIA AND NIGERIANS.
Oshi-Omo ole. Oshi means Theft, Omo ole means thief.
GOODLUCK JONATHAN WAS A VERY HUGE DISASTER AND HE MUST BE HELD TO ACCOUNT FOR HIS DEEDS, TO SERVE AS A VERY SERIOUS DETERRENT TO OTHERS. GOODLUCK JONATHAN HAS PERMANENTLY RUINED THE CHANCES OF THE SOUTH SOUTH AS WE CAN NEVER EVER PRODUCE A PRESIDENT AGAIN. NOW YOU SEE WHY I AM VERY ANNOYED WITH THE VERY CLUELESS, VERY GUTLESS AND EXTREMELY VERY CORRUPT GOODLUCK JONATHAN.HISTORY AND POSTERITY CAN NEVER FORGIVE JONATHAN
U are so sick in your Useless head,go sort d ibb of dis world,Nasty animal.
NO GOOD DRINKING WATER, NO GOOD ROADS EVEN IN OTUOKE AND YET GOODLUCK JONATHAN STARTED A 500 MILLION DOLLARS FARM IN ABUJA SINCE 2010. HE HAS MASSIVE ESTATES IN ABUJA, LAGOS AND ELSE WHERE. HE HAS A VERY MASSIVE HOUSE IN KNIGHTSBRIDGE LONDON UK. AS A MATTER OF FACT TWO MASSIVE HOUSES CONVERTED TO A PALACE AND OTHER CHOICE PROPERTIES IN LONDON AND SOME CAPITALS OF THE WORLD. GOODLUCK JONATHAN IS INDEED A VERY SHOELESS PERSON AS HE MADE US BELIEVE. GOODLUCK JONATHAN YOU ARE A VERY GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT AND IT IS VERY REGRETTABLE WE WERE ALL CONNED BY YOU. .
I hope u have not gone mad.
FOR CALLING IT EXACTLY AS IT IS? SHAME ON YOU!!!
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AND YET SOME VERY FEW SHAMELESS THIEVES WHO PARADE THEMSELVES AS LEADERS ARE ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH THEIR LOOTS AND THEFTS THAT RUN INTO HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS DOLLARS. PRESIDENT BUHARI MUST BE ENCOURAGED TO RECOVER THESE LOOTS AND THEFTS AND THOSE FOUND GUILTY AFTER VERY DUE DILIGENT AND VERIFIABLE LEGAL PROCESSES MUST BE VERY SEVERELY PUNISHED. ANY OTHER OPTIONS ARE APPROACHES ARE NOT OPTIONS AND ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE
I hope someone will tell Oshiomhole
to shurt up for decency sake please, the man stinks and his words and
contributions is just making Buhari look dirty. I wonder if he is doing it on
purpose or he is just a sycophant. Buhari’s integrity speaks for Buhari and Oshiomhole
contributions is not helping but he would not stop it for some reason
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