Aww
when their friendship was blooming... they wined and dined together
Is
PDP dividing? Oh dear! Whatever happened to the friendship of Buruji Kashamu
and that of Gov. Ayo Fayose. So after calling out Mrs Aisha Buhari saying she
deserves to be charged for corruption, his party mate, Buruji Kashamu has
called out the Governor telling him to be a man and leave the wife of the
President out of this. Kashamu said, he wonders why Fayose is scared to have a
bite of what he gives out.
In
a statement he issued in Abuja today, Kashamu likened Fayose’s attempt to link
Mrs Buhari with the Halliburton scandal as a “needless distraction and an
amateurish shadow-boxing. His action could be taken for a drowning man
clutching at a straw,” the statement said.
The
statement reads in parts below…
“It
is interesting that Mr. Fayose is talking about the rule of law and the need to
do things within the ambit of the law. I never knew that he has ever heard of
the concept of the Rule of Law. When he trampled on other people’s rights in a
bid to abrogate their tenure in office where was the Rule of Law? Now he is
crying out because he is afraid he might have to get a taste of his own
medicine because a man must certainly reap whatever he sows.
“Mr.
Fayose is talking about the fact that he enjoys immunity under the law. If I
may ask: can a governor who disobeys the law with reckless abandon seek
protection under the law? You cannot say because immunity covers you, you
should not be investigated if you are suspected to have benefitted from the
funds that were meant to buy arms for the protection of Nigerians.
I think it is high time that we, as a people
and government, address the issue of people committing crimes and hiding under
the immunity clause.”
The
statement further added, “Fayose must stop chasing shadows and address the
allegations against him. It is preposterous that he suddenly remembered that
someone was involved in the Halliburton scandal at exactly the same time that
he is being investigated over the funds he allegedly collected from the Office
of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).
“The
questions are: Was he a beneficiary of the ONSA funds? Is it true that over
N300million was frozen in three accounts traced to him? Were suspicious cash
deposits made into the accounts in 2014, in clear violation of the Money
Laundering Act and other enabling laws?
“It
is said that you can fool some people all of the time but you cannot fool all
the people all of the time. Nigerians can now see that what is playing out is a
confirmation of my earlier position that the loudest among us are not
necessarily the most pious. If he is being asked questions about his campaign
funds, he should be bold enough to give explanations without necessarily
casting aspersion on anyone. He should allow necessary investigations to go on
unimpeded.
That
will not only help to prove his innocence or otherwise but could possibly boost
his rating. He could even choose to waive his immunity to aid the investigation
if he does not have anything to hide. Immunity does not preclude any public
officer even a governor from explaining how he funded his election campaign or
the source (s) of deposits made into his account (s).
“The
reality that Mr. Fayose must come to terms with is that the allegations against
him are too grave to be sidelined for a seemingly spurious allegation against
the wife of the president. Months of workers’ salaries are yet to be paid in
Ekiti State; development partners have abandoned state, just as families are
languishing as a result of his ill-advised political scheming.
“This
current campaign of calumny and juvenile tantrums cannot sweep the issue of
corruption under the carpet; neither can it kick enough dirt to make any
right-thinking Nigerian to shut his or her eyes to the truth.
This
is not about party affiliation or dog eating dog. It is about the plundering of
our commonwealth and there should be no sacred cows in the fight against
corruption. This is a fight that all patriotic Nigerians should lend their
weight without any primordial sentiments or prejudice.”
Source: Nigeracamera
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