Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan has come under fire for leading his colleagues on a solidarity visit to the residence of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu who was recently released from the Kuje Correctional Centre. The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, blasted the Lawan-led leadership of the upper legislative chamber for playing to the
CACOL said, “The visit by the senate delegation headed by the Senate President is a charade, travesty and a mockery on the intelligence of common Nigerians.”
It further said that despite the horrible situation Nigeria has found itself, due to the lack of good leadership, the leadership of the Senate was not bothered by the menace of corruption that had stagnated the destiny of the country. According to CACOL, by their action, the lawmakers have again brought Nigeria to the spotlight as a country whose leaders do not only celebrate corruption but are “fantastically corrupt” and have succeeded in making Nigeria a laughing stock among the comity of nations.
CACOL’s statement said that it was regrettable that while some Nigerians are worried about the Supreme Court judgment, the Senate leadership is not in any way concerned and is “more at home with felicitating and celebrating with the beneficiary of the Supreme Court judgment.” The anti-corruption group said it was laughable that the Senators would leave their statutory duties and embark on a wild goose chase in the name of a “solidarity visit” to the former Governor who was accused of “stealing his state dry when he was a governor of the state.”
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