A former National Deputy Chairman of the
Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has asked President
Muhammadu Buhari to take his anti-corruption war to the next level by
probing the last two governors of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and
Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN).
George said in a statement that it would
be wrong of Buhari to claim to be spearheading an anti-graft campaign
and at the same time be considering Fashola for appointment in the light
of the N78.3m of taxpayers’ money Fashola spent on a personal website, www.tundefashola.com.
He said Fashola’s excuse for spending N78.3m on a website was disgusting and should be rejected.
He
said, “We are living in a very interesting time. There is an air of
repugnancy everywhere most especifically in my state where the immoral
stench and the dark odium of Mr. Babatunde Fashola’s administration is
daily being unearthed.
“What is most disgusting and annoying in
all these is the arrogant and the befuddled attempt of Mr. Fashola to
justify the apparent reckless misappropriation of Lagos state taxpayers’
money to set up a personal web site.
“Fashola shows no remorse, no semblance
of regret, no guilty nudging of conscience. Instead, he still attempts
to ride a high horse, puffing and stomping in feigned seraphic
innocence. We are not fooled.”
George said many of the projects undertaken by the Fashola were done at exorbitant prices.
The PDP chieftain wondered how the 1.6km Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge could cost N29bn.
He added, “We knew all along that the
emperor had no clothes. Using N78m of taxpayers’ money to build a
website is reckless misappropriation. The phony over N29bn used to build
a mere kilometre long link bridge is outrageous venality.
“The spurious N1.5bn allegedly spent on
phantom pedestrian bridges is another con game. And there are so many of
these screaming illegalities observable in the record of our poster boy
of yesterday!”
George said in a sane clime, Fashola
would be facing comprehensive investigations rather than being
considered for any appointment in the light of the over N419bn debt
incurred by the Fashola government.
He said the All Progressives Congress-led
Federal Government would do well to start implementing its promise of
change from within.
George said, “In a more just society, Mr.
Fashola should be facing a comprehensive investigation rather than
being considered for any appointment at all. President Buhari should use
the Fashola case as an acid test of sparing no one with any intimation
of public malfeasance.
“Rather than engaging in a smug chest
beating of innocence, Mr. Fashola should first remove himself from any
consideration of public appointment and openly call for a judicial probe
of his eight years in office.
“Nothing else will bring out the true
picture. Lagos State is now the biggest debtor in the federation with
over a trillion naira in bad debts. It may take at least 40 years before
Fashola’s indebtedness can be defrayed! What a malady!”
George said there was no way Fashola would be probed without probing Tinubu because one was the creation of the other.
He said, “In the end there is no way to
divorce Fashola from Bola Tinubu. They are both linked in unutterable
complicity. If Fashola stands today in tarnished allegations, Tinubu,
his godfather, cannot possibly distance himself in innocent escapism.
“If Fashola now rots in the mud, we must
look through the depths to understand the instigating and factor.
Whenever Fashola is cooling his feet at the interrogation centre, Tinubu
should not be far behind.”
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