.Says it is corruption
condemning corruption
The choice of the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Kayode Fayemi, as the chairman of the Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) programme to commemorate the 2017 International Anti-Corruption Day held in
Abuja on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, has been likened to a case of “corruption condemning
corruption.”
Special Assistant to the Ekiti State Governor on Public Communications
and New Media, Lere Olayinka, made the allegation, while reacting to Fayemi’s comment that
Nigeria must say no to impunity and eliminate the syndrome of ‘sacred cows’ for the fight against corruption to succeed.
His words: “Fayemi offering solution to the corruption fight is like notorious armed robbers like Oyenusi and Shina Rambo giving lecture on how to stop armed robbery.”
He said that it was funny that Fayemi was not even ashamed to sermonise on
the need to say no to impunity and eliminate the syndrome of sacred cows, when he, himself acted like a sacred cow by refusing to appear before a commission of inquiry, duly constituted to probe his four
years as governor of Ekiti State.
Olayinka, who urged President Muhammadu Buhari to stop deceiving himself with his fight against corruption, said he personally challenged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) acting
Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, at a function in Abuja on the commission’s refusal to investigate Fayemi, despite the loads of petitions against him and the EFCC boss could not offer any explanation.
The governor’s spokesperson said, “The reality is that President Buhari is leading a government of scandalously corrupt people.
“It is even safe to say that President Buhari is the father of corruption and that has been further established by the attitude of the President towards his men that have been accused of corruption.
“From MainaGate to allegation of award of $25 billion contracts
without following due process made against Dr. Maikanti Baru by Dr Ibe Kachikwu, the DSS indictment for corruption of the acting Chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, and the alleged N500 million bribery said to have
been paid to the Chief of Staff (COS), Abba Kyari, by officials of the MTN Telecommunications Company, President Buhari has remained the
shield over and above his corrupt men.”