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.”
All attempts to get Tinubu’s reactions proved abortive as calls put through to his media aide, Mr. Sunday Dare, were not responded to. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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I think he should rather extend the probe to you and send you back to jail..
ReplyDeleteThis OLD man should go and sleep....I thought he said he will go on exile if Buhari wins???? Old fool!
ReplyDeleteHe is really Old and shameless fools.
DeleteThis Area Father with his military hang over has so much hatred for Tinubu that he is very vindictive due to his jail experience. Why pick Tinubu when EFCC was your prosecutor under the watchful eyes of senior military colleague ? I don't mind your call for accountability but in GEJ logic, should it not start with the plunderer at the federal level? Who having messed up the economic, social and moral fabrics of Nigeria is cooling off at Otuoke. I heard he has introduced confusions at Yenogoa. Area Father think of your end time and have forgiving spirit to avoid roasting in hell
ReplyDeleteYou killed the NPA with your greed, lied to PDP and collected millions of dollars on the guise of delivering Lagos governorship seat under Obasanjo and under Jonathan to them which you never did..... How did your madam became the head of NDLEA or you think we don't know when they were other senior officers who were qualified to take over the position after the former boss left....it was used to settle you as a party man...see who is talking....you people that were eating directly from the national purse what have they done to you......not absolving Tinubu and Fashola of wrong doing in Lagos but their worst was your stealing starting point...... pot calling kettle Charcoal!!!!
ReplyDeleteMay God have mercy
ReplyDeleteshutup and think twice ,Fasola and Tinubu should be probe and send to jail like him if both of them are found guilty.
ReplyDeleteSir,u r sick sick sir..president won't probe state goes rather federal parastatals and leave the state govs or efcc to probe
ReplyDelete“Everybody knows that it was General Buhari, who vowed to make Nigeria ungovernable for President Jonathan if he loses the last presidential election.
DeleteIt was in Minna, that he said that once votes are countered and he loses that people should go for blood. He said in Hausa language. General Buhari is the person who sowed the wind that the nation is now reaping in whirlwind.
“He is not in any position to apportion blames on the issue of violence in the North or in Nigeria in general. He is a protagonist of violence. The only position he sees for not being the President is to call for violence. This government has tried as much as possible to contain some of Buhari’s unguarded statements. I don’t think anybody in Nigeria will take Buhari very serious when he makes such comments.
“If there is anybody to blame, General Buhari comes number one on that list. Have you ever seen General Buhari visit BornoState or condemn the acts of the Boko Haram or condole whether Christians or Muslims that have been killed?
“A man who can traverse the whole length and breadth of Nigeria, yet he cannot use that clout that he has and get leaders together to put an end to the insurgence in the country. And yet he finds it comfortable to blame other people. What has he done as a former Head of State to help Nigeria and Nigerians stop the militancy in the North or in other parts of the country?”
President Goodluck Jonathan, Tuesday, sent a strong message to former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, pleading with him to spearhead the campaign to persuade members of the Boko Haram sect to accept dialogue, as a means of ending the orgy of violence in the North.
DeleteSimilarly, Jonathan asked Buhari to emulate the role he ( Jonathan) played by going to meet militants in their vast hideouts in the Niger Delta to plead with them to lay down their arms and accept the general amnesty granted by the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua on June 25, 2009.
Jonathan said he expected Buhari to lead the way in persuading the Boko Haram insurgents in the North to stop bombings and enter into dialogue with the Federal Government with a view to ending the violence in the region, which is threatening to disrupt the economy of the region and Nigeria.
The President, who sent the message to Buhari through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, accused the former head of state of making false allegations against him during his interview in London last week.
What Buhari told BBC in London
During the interview with the BBC, Buhari had said that the Federal Government should be held responsible for the worsening state of insecurity in Nigeria, accusing the leadership of not taking steps to halt the slide, which has claimed many lives and property in the region.
Buhari said: “The problem of terrorism is not confined to the North alone. Insecurity generally should be blamed on the Federal Government.
“The world is very much concerned about two things — the issue of security and economic wellbeing of a nation. Security is number one. A nation can only be economically viable if there is security. But how did all these crises start? How did the crises begin and assume this dimension?
“Until now, everyday, they abduct people and receive ransoms. How was the problem reduced? How did it start? What method was employed to convince them to mellow down?
“Similarly, what we should look at is, how did the Boko Haram start? We know all these. Security is the responsibility of the government.
“It is the responsibility of the Federal Government to know how this thing started and how to go about it.”
Jonathan takes on Buhari
But Okupe asked Nigerians to demand from Buhari what he had done as a leader in the North and a former head of state to halt the attacks by the sect.
He said: “Nigerians should ask him (Buhari) that as a former Head of state and as someone who wants to be president again, what he has done to end this insurgence in the country.
“Or is it when he becomes President, he will stop the insurgence? No, it does not work that way. He should emulate President Jonathan who went to the creeks of the Niger Delta canvassing peace and dialogue with the militants of the Niger Delta.
Nuffin wrong in probing Fashola and tinubu if they ve nuffin to hide dnt see why they shld be scared of probe.
ReplyDeleteI pray that I and the reader of this my comment shall never one day convicted to compulsory jail term so that we will not be behaving like this man. He is suppose to be talking from exile now if he has any iota of trustworthiness in his words.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt Bode George has no moral basis to be talking and would probably do far worse were he the Governor but until Nigerians understand that everybody, no matter how popular and how much he has achieved must be made to answer for financial misappropriation or maladministration, then this campaign against corruption is doomed. We must thank God that HE made it possible that Buhari has come at a time like this but N78m on a website even if it is Fashola , Tunde Bakare or any previously known person of integrity requires scrutiny from Nigerians in the midst of condemning people like Bode George who are playing politics. We must stop this attitude of "you can steal small provided you work" because the next man to take the person's office who sees the loopholes the person exploited may be greedier than the predecessor and use his predecessor's stealing as an excuse to steal in astronomical proportions. Stealing is stealing (and is corruption) no matter who and no matter the amount and must be uprooted from our culture. We know that PDP pillaged this country mercilessly but that should not be an excuse for us to turn our eyes from anybody else who is not in the PDP that is accused or suspected of corruption. That may be the reason why former PDP members are recently decamping to APC in droves.
ReplyDeleteWell he said Baba should take his fight further. Maybe he might go back to prison. You can never tell
ReplyDeletePresident Goodluck Jonathan, Tuesday, sent a strong message to former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, pleading with him to spearhead the campaign to persuade members of the Boko Haram sect to accept dialogue, as a means of ending the orgy of violence in the North.
DeleteSimilarly, Jonathan asked Buhari to emulate the role he ( Jonathan) played by going to meet militants in their vast hideouts in the Niger Delta to plead with them to lay down their arms and accept the general amnesty granted by the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua on June 25, 2009.
Jonathan said he expected Buhari to lead the way in persuading the Boko Haram insurgents in the North to stop bombings and enter into dialogue with the Federal Government with a view to ending the violence in the region, which is threatening to disrupt the economy of the region and Nigeria.
The President, who sent the message to Buhari through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, accused the former head of state of making false allegations against him during his interview in London last week.
What Buhari told BBC in London
During the interview with the BBC, Buhari had said that the Federal Government should be held responsible for the worsening state of insecurity in Nigeria, accusing the leadership of not taking steps to halt the slide, which has claimed many lives and property in the region.
Buhari said: “The problem of terrorism is not confined to the North alone. Insecurity generally should be blamed on the Federal Government.
“The world is very much concerned about two things — the issue of security and economic wellbeing of a nation. Security is number one. A nation can only be economically viable if there is security. But how did all these crises start? How did the crises begin and assume this dimension?
“Until now, everyday, they abduct people and receive ransoms. How was the problem reduced? How did it start? What method was employed to convince them to mellow down?
“Similarly, what we should look at is, how did the Boko Haram start? We know all these. Security is the responsibility of the government.
“It is the responsibility of the Federal Government to know how this thing started and how to go about it.”
Jonathan takes on Buhari
But Okupe asked Nigerians to demand from Buhari what he had done as a leader in the North and a former head of state to halt the attacks by the sect.
He said: “Nigerians should ask him (Buhari) that as a former Head of state and as someone who wants to be president again, what he has done to end this insurgence in the country.
“Or is it when he becomes President, he will stop the insurgence? No, it does not work that way. He should emulate President Jonathan who went to the creeks of the Niger Delta canvassing peace and dialogue with the militants of the Niger Delta.
President Goodluck Jonathan, Tuesday, sent a strong message to former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, pleading with him to spearhead the campaign to persuade members of the Boko Haram sect to accept dialogue, as a means of ending the orgy of violence in the North.
DeleteSimilarly, Jonathan asked Buhari to emulate the role he ( Jonathan) played by going to meet militants in their vast hideouts in the Niger Delta to plead with them to lay down their arms and accept the general amnesty granted by the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua on June 25, 2009.
Jonathan said he expected Buhari to lead the way in persuading the Boko Haram insurgents in the North to stop bombings and enter into dialogue with the Federal Government with a view to ending the violence in the region, which is threatening to disrupt the economy of the region and Nigeria.
The President, who sent the message to Buhari through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, accused the former head of state of making false allegations against him during his interview in London last week.
What Buhari told BBC in London
During the interview with the BBC, Buhari had said that the Federal Government should be held responsible for the worsening state of insecurity in Nigeria, accusing the leadership of not taking steps to halt the slide, which has claimed many lives and property in the region.
Buhari said: “The problem of terrorism is not confined to the North alone. Insecurity generally should be blamed on the Federal Government.
“The world is very much concerned about two things — the issue of security and economic wellbeing of a nation. Security is number one. A nation can only be economically viable if there is security. But how did all these crises start? How did the crises begin and assume this dimension?
“Until now, everyday, they abduct people and receive ransoms. How was the problem reduced? How did it start? What method was employed to convince them to mellow down?
“Similarly, what we should look at is, how did the Boko Haram start? We know all these. Security is the responsibility of the government.
“It is the responsibility of the Federal Government to know how this thing started and how to go about it.”
Jonathan takes on Buhari
But Okupe asked Nigerians to demand from Buhari what he had done as a leader in the North and a former head of state to halt the attacks by the sect.
He said: “Nigerians should ask him (Buhari) that as a former Head of state and as someone who wants to be president again, what he has done to end this insurgence in the country.
“Or is it when he becomes President, he will stop the insurgence? No, it does not work that way. He should emulate President Jonathan who went to the creeks of the Niger Delta canvassing peace and dialogue with the militants of the Niger Delta.
Your purported commentary is not only vague but lack concrete fact and absurd. No any militant has appreciated GEJ for Amnesty. They have always referred to Umaru Yar'adua as Moses of the Niger Delta...GEJ has not only being a mediocre but a definition of cluelessness. He has not done any meaningful thing for Niger Delta eg Clean up Report of Niger Delta. (Ogoni land) was abandoned by GEJ, he allowed NDDC to become avenue for stealing monies belonging to Niger Delta development, EFCC is currently on the matter. GEJ gave pipeline security to common criminals when we have the armed forces living on our taxes. GEJ played politics with human life by treating BH issue with laxity so as to declare state of emergency and then disenfranchise the North East thank God for pressure from Northern elders and youths. I was so worried by your gullibility, due to blind sentiments.
DeleteThis should not be coming from a jailbird. For your information, Jonadaft cleared Tinubu in 2011 of all corruption charges. Bode George that has gone back to his vomit and refused to relocate since Buhari won. Agbaya. Maybe we should probe you for embezzling funds in Ondo State as military administrator.
ReplyDeleteI hope we have facilties that will house many that will face this so called probe! It is my view and correct me if Iam wrong,many politicians and I dear say 90 percent will end up in jail whether PDP or APC. It is time this government backed her words with some real action. Enough of this talk. Do whatever you have to do and get the country moving! Much talk and. No action means little to hungry Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteThat Bode was jailed should not make him "see no evil & talk no evil. Those of you who are abusing him peharps have no fathers. It's a common knowledge that Tinubu & Fashola are the owners of Lagos
ReplyDelete“Everybody knows that it was General Buhari, who vowed to make Nigeria ungovernable for President Jonathan if he loses the last presidential election.
ReplyDeleteIt was in Minna, that he said that once votes are countered and he loses that people should go for blood. He said in Hausa language. General Buhari is the person who sowed the wind that the nation is now reaping in whirlwind.
“He is not in any position to apportion blames on the issue of violence in the North or in Nigeria in general. He is a protagonist of violence. The only position he sees for not being the President is to call for violence. This government has tried as much as possible to contain some of Buhari’s unguarded statements. I don’t think anybody in Nigeria will take Buhari very serious when he makes such comments.
“If there is anybody to blame, General Buhari comes number one on that list. Have you ever seen General Buhari visit BornoState or condemn the acts of the Boko Haram or condole whether Christians or Muslims that have been killed?
“A man who can traverse the whole length and breadth of Nigeria, yet he cannot use that clout that he has and get leaders together to put an end to the insurgence in the country. And yet he finds it comfortable to blame other people. What has he done as a former Head of State to help Nigeria and Nigerians stop the militancy in the North or in other parts of the country?”
Stop whipping up malicious stale sentiments!!! You make comments as if you live far away from civilization to see the atrocities of GEJ. GEJ is the CSO of Nigeria what has he done to that effect. It's one thing for a man to make a threat it's another to curb and curtail it as C-in-C if at all that is true anyways... wake up from your slumber!!! and see PMB working
DeleteHe vowed to make Nigeria ungovernable during Jonathan era with Boko Haram and he is still making Nigeria ungovernable during his reign as a president abi? You guys' are talking to some kindergarten kids....the truth is that Jonathan failed, he failed because he could not control those around him, they stole in his name without him knowing, Jonathan himself is a good man, go and read about the latest Abuja Centenary village scam by Pius Anyim, this is PDP to PDP you will marvel....they ruin Jonathan so please lets give this man a break, 2 months 21 days today we can see positive signs coming we need to do things right and accept the fact that a lot need to be put right
ReplyDeleteI don't know what a nonsense and senseless talk.GEJ and His PDP cohorts(the Like of Bode George and co) ruined Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteI wondered why Nigerians have not learnt but always argue on tribal sentiments and sponsors.
Let us call a spade a spade,Our pocketicians have destroyed our country and the story will be made known to their unborn children children of the havoc caused by their parents.
This old man lost his honor. He promised to leave Nigeria if Buhari wins election. What is the big thief doing in our country again.
ReplyDeleteShameless old cargo and ex-convict must keep his mouth closed else returns his ward inside prison.
I urge us all to respect the African tradition of respect to the elderly. Even the Bible told us to do same. However, i agree that Bode George should maintain silence on matters of corruption in Nigeria. Finally, Constitutionally, Mr. President has no power to probe Tinubu and Fashola. The only person that can do that is the present gov of Lagos State bcos those individuals served Lagos state and not FG of Nigeria. All GMB can do, is to instigate Ambode against the duo for a probe. But it is most unlikely.
ReplyDeleteBode George of all people,very shameless. Nigeria is a country where any notorious culprit can still be at the helm. With his record he should hide his face rather than be one of those to throw a stone.
ReplyDeleteI SUPPORT BODE GEORGE
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