Chris Okotie, founder of the
House of God International Ministry, has opined that the ongoing anti-graft war
is enough reason for Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari, should he
opt to seek re-election in 2019.
Okotie said he has been able to
take the battle “to clean the Augean stable” to the corridors of corrupt cabals
that have held Nigeria hostage for years.
In an article, the former
Presidential candidate stressed that if the ongoing anti-graft war is allowed
to get to,“logical conclusion, it would free the country from the labyrinth of
a deeply entrenched tribe of Machiavellian politicians whose sole purpose for
seeking power is to loot our common patrimony.”
The article reads, “These,
certainly are not the best of times for the grex venalium (the venal crowd)
popularly known by ordinary Nigerians as treasury looters.
“The ongoing battle by President
Muhammadu Buhari against this corrupt cabal who have held this nation hostage
for years leaves no one in doubt that it is no longer business as usual for
politicians of fortune.
“It is a mistake to assume, that
this is President Buhari’s private battle to clean the Augean stable.
“Rather, it should be seen as a determined
effort to right the wrongs of the bad leadership which has been the bane of
Nigeria’s development for decades.
“Previous attempts to fight
corruption were somehow symptomatic but the present government has adopted a
strong, pathological approach that aims to get to the root of the matter, which
is why every Nigerian should give the president total support.
“What is being done now, if
carried to the logical conclusion, would free the country from the labyrinth of
a deeply entrenched tribe of Machiavellian politicians whose sole purpose for
seeking power is to loot our common patrimony.
“When former President Goodluck
Jonathan emerged on the scene, he came across as a power –shy, harmless
politician on whose shoulders providence placed the leadership of this great
nation at a critical period in our political evolution.
“His moving story of grass to
grace, with the memorable line that he went to school like many Nigerians
without shoes, caught the attention of the electorate who gave him the mandate
in his first-ever quest to seek elective office in 2011.
“Once on the Presidential seat in
that enclave called Aso Rock, we saw a different Jonathan altogether.
“Never has a President in this
country come to power with such level of goodwill and blew it just as fast as
Dr. Jonathan.
“Perhaps, overwhelmed by the
demands of office, or ill-prepared for its challenges, the first president from
a southern minority exhibited poor governing capacity and inherent weakness
unbecoming of the leader of a huge country like ours.
“He had to be goaded to act with
firmness when occasion demanded, which was why he virtually lost control of his
presidency to his cronies.
“His appointees and associates
went about looting the public treasury with unprecedented impunity; not even
the intermittent public outrage moved President Jonathan to sanction them.
“And when he did, it was either
too little or too late.
“Corrupt ministers were relieved
of their posts with slaps on the wrist, while nothing was done about their
loot.
“With the current anti-corruption
saga, we can now understand why Jonathan and his PDP cohorts spared no expenses
to buy themselves back to power.
“This time however, the fairy
tale run of Goodluck failed them.
“The hapless President was sent
packing.
“Serendipity was out of kilter!
“That era of impunity ended
suddenly, but we cannot just sweep what happened during the PDP government
under the carpet.
“Regardless of who is involved,
justice must be done to send a clear message that leaders must be accountable
even after they leave office.
“I perceive that this is what
President Buhari is trying to prove, that is why I support him.
“The charge of selective
prosecution and the ethnic or religious card being played by some to discredit
this Anti-corruption war is nothing but a mischievous charade.
“Those arrested for suspected
corrupt practices cut across the party, ethnic and religious divide.
Nigerians must therefore, not
fall for the antics of the venal rich, who are fighting back, using media
propaganda to win sympathy.
“One is however, constrained to
raise this point because of a public statement credited to Anthony Cardinal
Okogie in which the Catholic prelate expressed reservations about the
government’s philosophy in prosecuting the Anti-corruption war vis-a-vis the
Rule of Law and his perceived thinking that other governance issues are not
being addressed as should.
“The cardinal is entitled to his
opinion, but there is no factual evidence to support this claim.
“The venerable Cardinal is
unappreciative of the dialectics of change within the Nigerian context.
“The Nigerian scenario is
indicative of an aberration embedded in our political genes.
“Whereas politics and economics
are sociological kinsmen, yet politics maintains an ascendancy over economics
in practical realities.
“The hoi polloi determines the political
leadership but economic superintendence is the prerogative of the elite.
“Nigeria’s existential bane is
not lack of professors in mantled academia, nor is it a paucity of economic
knowledge in the geo-political arena.
“Rather, it is leadership, leadership
and yet leadership. Ad nauseam!
“Leadership is the terra-firma
upon which the citadel of progress can be erected.
“If the foundation be destroyed
by corruption what can the righteous do?
“It is my founded expectation
that the respected cardinal would urge the government to probe the leadership
of CAN, PFN and other pseudo religious organisations who acquired their
fabricated titles under spurious Christian nomenclature.
“If Attahiru Bafarawa was the
accredited agent of the Muslim prayers welfare package, who then collected on
behalf of the multitudes of Christians?
“Who?
“Who is that Christian proboscis
whose insidious suction availed himself of billions of naira on behalf of the
followers of Christ?
“Who is that Judas?
“Maybe Judases?
“What about Pastor Ayo
Oritsejafor’s one-plane airline becoming the surreptitious instrumentality for
some covert military operations involving over 9 million dollars in South
Africa?
“All sacred cows must become
secularized.
“Government must ascertain the
scope of pecuniary inducement that informed their political alignments in the
2015 elections.
“What an irony, that those who
should scrupulously guide the people are themselves poisoning the water from
which the flock will drink.
“Corruption is a hydra headed
monstrosity that must be confronted by the gladiators of righteousness.
“For indeed, he who dares to face
his maker, will not tremble before the Sons of men.
“Satis verborum!
“We must understand that even if
the law is an ass, corrupt folks must not be allowed to ride it out of the
dragnet of the law when apprehended.
“The present campaign is a
challenge to the integrity of our jurisprudence.
“Members of the bar and bench are
Nigerians, and they must not sabotage the efforts of this government to restore
sanity to governance in this country.
“There’s nothing the EFCC has
done so far to suggest that it disrespects the rule of law.
“The president himself has said,
‘You cannot fight impunity with impunity’.
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