National Publicity Secretary of
Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin has denied allegations of betrayal and inconsistency
levelled against him by Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against
Corruption, PACAC, Prof. Itse Sagay.
Odumakin recently advised Prof.
Sagay to resign his appointment as chairman of PACAC if he wants to criticise
the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
Responding, Sagay accused him of
dumping Buhari after the 2011 election and pitching tent with former president,
Goodluck Jonathan.
In an interview with Independent,
Odumakin described Sagay as a hypocrite and inconsistent person who has
defended corrupt persons in many occasions.
He said, “I think the man Nigeria
should be worrying about for his inconsistency is Prof. Sagay. He reminds me of
that bird Chichidodo in Ayi Kwei Armah’s book who said that he hates excreta
but his best food is maggot.
“When Prof. Sagay was in private
practice, he was defending corrupt persons and fighting the trial against
corruption. When the late DSP Alamieyeseigha was arrested for money laundering
in London, Prof. Sagay was railing against the British system.
“When Alamieyeseigha jumped bail,
Prof. Sagay said it was an exciting thing. When reminded the action would
tarnish Nigeria’s image, he said it was the British government that is
embarrassed and not Nigeria.
“But when he was made chairman of
PACAC, within weeks he said that Alamieyeseigha must be extradited to go and
face corruption charges.
“The same man who was defending
Alamieyeseigha is now saying he should be extradited to UK. So, where is his
consistency? He sees corruption only in the camp where he is not feeling
alright.
“It is only in Nigeria that such
a man will be made to head such a sensitive committee without looking at his
background; a man that was openly campaigning for corruption.
“Now that he has been made the
chairman of the advisory committee against corruption, what advice has he given
to the president which has helped in the fight against corruption except
turning himself into an attack dog, attacking everybody all over the place?
“I repeat what I earlier said
that it shows lack character for Prof. Sagay to feel so bad about the APC yet
holds to the appointment from a President the party produced.
“President Buhari was not an
independent candidate for goodness sake!. He came to power through the platform
provided by APC.
“It is morally wrong for Prof.
Sagay as an appointee of the president to be attacking the party through which
platform the president came to power.
“If he wants to attack the party,
he should leave the place and go to his chambers and be attacking them. He
cannot eat his cake and have it at the same time.”
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com