Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to begin his anti-corruption crusade with himself, the vice president, the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, before extending same to other Nigerians.
Obasanjo, who described corruption as a ‘hydra-headed monster’ that must not be allowed to live, said the fight against the monster must begin from the apex of the power pyramid in the country. He spoke as special guest at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, on Friday, during the institution’s Staff Club’s interactive programme tagged “Seventh Roundtable with Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Reflections of an Elder Statesman.”
The former president, responding to a question from a student on his view about the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, however, said the president had left no one in doubt that he was willing to combat graft.
“The president promised he will fight corruption. And there is no doubt that he has shown that he is willing to fight corruption. Corruption is a hydra-headed monster.
“I believe very much that fighting corruption just has to start from the top. That is, from the president, the vice president, the senate president, the speaker of the House, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).” Just as Obasanjo mentioned the CJN, one of the participants, who was later joined by others, asked the former president to include himself and other former presidents in the list of those to be probed for corruption.
Reacting, he said: “Did I hear somebody say and you? Oh, you mean and former presidents? Former presidents have either done their bit when they were in office or they did not, The Tribuneonlineng.com reports.
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