Former President Olusegun Obasanjo today said the allegations of budget
padding by Speaker Yakubu and thirteen other members of the House of
Representatives shows that the lawmakers are thieves and have proven his
comments in 2012 when he described the National Assembly as an
institution filled with rogues and armed robbers. Speaking in a
telephone interview with
Premiumtimes, Obasanjo said President Buhari should not release funds for the constituency projects of the lawmakers.
"That is criminal and they should be held accountable for it. There
should be a showdown between what is right and what is wrong. After such
a showdown, what is right will definitely prevail and the criminals
will be put to shame. They are the contractors, the jury, the judge and
prosecutors.
They
put the projects in the budgets and they do the projects by themselves
or through contractors they nominate. Where is integrity? Where is
honesty? Who supervises the job? Who ascertains that the job has been
done? It is not in their place to execute projects. It is illegal. They
are thieves. I have always held the view that they are thieves, can you
all see it now?” he said
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