Robert Clarke, a Senior Advocate
of Nigeria (SAN), has said he disagrees with the notion, which suggests that
the Eight National Assembly frustrated President Muhammadu Buhari Government in
the fight against corruption.
Chief Clarke, who was a guest on
Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, made the comment in reaction to a
statement by the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee against
Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay.
Professor Sagay had said that the
capacity of corruption to fight back has been reduced with the expiration of
the Eight Assembly.
Sagay maintained that the Eight
Assembly did everything they could to frustrate the (Federal) Government in the
fight against corruption, a claim which Chief Clarke believes is a very
sweeping statement.
According to Chief Clarke, Prof
Sagay’s statement is one which would need to be proven with evidence and facts.
“I don’t know what evidence he
has, I know he is a very good lawyer and maybe he has facts, which I don’t
have; but I believe and I agree with him that some or the leadership of the 8th
Assembly could be described with that tag that he (Sagay) has now given to the
8th Assembly,” Chief Clarke said.
Mr Clarke said it is not fair to
place the tag on the whole of the 8th Assembly, adding that he agrees with
Professor Sagay that some of those in the legislature at the time could be said
to be frustrating the government’s efforts.
“Professor Sagay is correct but
it is not to the extent of the whole 8th Assembly, but the core leaders,” Chief
Clarke stressed.
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