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Nigeria: Iyabo Obasanjo - Senate Has Withdrawn Support -Aliero
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This Day (Lagos)
5 May 2008
Posted to the web 5 May 2008
Saka Ibrahim
Birnin Kebbi
Former Governor of Kebbi State , Senator Adamu Aliero, said at the weekend, that the Senate has withdrawn its support for Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, over the N300million health ministry scandal, to allow the rule of law take its course.
Aliero, after a meeting of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders in Birnin Kebbi, told reporters that the Senate was not taking sides. He said when she first briefed the Senate, it was convinced that she had no case, adding that the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) later came up with additional information, which proved contrary. Aliero said since then, the Senate handed-off the case, leaving the EFCC to carry out its assignment. He said, "the Senate is not out to protect Obasanjo-Bello, the fact is that when she initially briefed us, we thought she had no case, but later the EFCC came up with additional information on the case. So, based on that, we said we have withdrawn our support to allow justice and the rule of law to prevail."
Aliero also commended the judiciary for confirming Saidu Dakingari as the governor of the state, alleging that the lower tribunal committed a blunder by annulling the election, based on his PDP membership card.
He said it was unfortunate that the state election petition tribunal agreed that PDP scored the highest votes during the last governorship election in the state, adding that the election was free and fair.
This very laughable round-about turn by the Nigerian Senate is typical of the present day governance in Nigeria. A few weeks ago after an internal enquiry by the Senate, Iyabo Obasanjo was cleared of any wrong doing for accepting N330m from the ministry to pay for hotel and miscellaneous bills to attend an official duty for the ministry in Ghana. By the way, Iyabo Obasanjo is, supposedly, not the only senator that got the same amount to attend the same ministry official duty but, being the daughter of the former president who created the EFCC to stop corruption in... [Read Full Text]
Senator Adamu Aliero thanks but no thanks because what you are saying is that first there is no coordination between the two arms of government. Second that you believed Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello first before the EFCC. Does it mean that the EFCC did not brief the Senate about the facts of the matter? Iyabo is not an institution and should be subjected to the same eye of the law that the Minister and her deputy were treated.
This welcome and un-welcome renunciation of your unalloyed support for Iyabo after many Nigerians have come out in mass to question your [Senate] credibility... [Read Full Text]
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