Corruption In Obasanjo’s Govt Is Unquantifiable - Odumakin

Yinka Odumakin

The national publicity secretary of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has said that the level of corruption in the former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration is unquantifiable compared to that of President Goodluck Jonathan.

Odumakin made this remark while exonerating Jonathan of the claims that he led the most corrupt government in the history of Nigeria.

According to him,“people only have short-term memory. Yes, there are corruption cases under Jonathan’s administration, but it would be short-sighted or selective not to recall where we are coming from. Every government that has been in power has been accused of corruption.

“Don’t forget that even (late Gen.) Sani Abacha, whose loot we are still tracing up till today, was busy inaugurating Failed Banks Tribunals as a public show of tackling corruption. The corruption in Obasanjo’s administration is unquantifiable.

“Look at the incoming administration that was elected based on the promise of zero tolerance to corruption; the inaugural committee is headed by a man who is before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Of course, there are obvious cases in which the President should have acted strictly, like the car scandal involving the former aviation minister.

“But those with interrogative minds would know that the foundation of Nigeria was laid on the basis of corruption and if we don’t address those fundamental differences in our system, in four years, we will still be talking about corruption,” he concluded.

Meanwhile, barely 48 hours to the final handing over ceremony to the incoming administration, the Federal Executive Council will be formally dissolved today.