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The Chairman of Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL,
Comrade Debo Adeniran, has sworn to ensure that former Nigerian President,
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, is probed, alleging that the ex-president acquired
wealth through corrupt means.
Adeniran who queried Obasanjo’s source of wealth during a
visit to the Corporate Headquarters of TheNEWS/P.M.NEWS on Tuesday, said his
organisation will not rest until Obasanjo is brought to book.
According to him, his salary as President of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, even 70 years in office could not have earned the two time
president enough money to revamp his Ota farm and build The Bells University of
Technology in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria.
Adeniran fumed, “How did he acquire his wealth? How did he
get the money to resuscitate his farm and build The Bells University?”
The anti-corruption crusader, who first petitioned the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in 2007 against what he
described as illegal and ill-gotten wealth of Obasanjo, argued that the war
against corruption in Nigeria is failing.
“It is no longer news that corruption has become the fourth
tier of the Nigerian government, corruption has percolated most aspects of our
society and there is hardly any government official who is not regaled in the
toga of sleaze.
“The war against corruption is becoming fierce day in day
out, the corruption fighters seem to be losing the war.”
The human rights activist urged the media to shun bribery
and partner with civil society organisations to conquer the menace of
corruption and shame its perpetrators in the society.
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