Group wants Tinubu, governors to stop Ododo from obstructing anti-graft fight
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Vanguard for Credible Representation (VCR), has urged President Bola Tinubu and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) to prevail on Kogi State Governor Usman Ododo to stop obstructing the fight against corruption.
In a statement in Abuja by its Head of Mission, Onche Ugbabe, the NGO frowned at the activities of one of the pro-Yahaya Bello’s groups, called Africa Media Roundtable, which said Governor Ododo “should be celebrated”.
The statement reads: “We restate our position and demand that the Presidency, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) should wade in and save Nigeria from further embarrassment by calling Governor Ododo to order.
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“The so-called Roundtable even insulted our collective intelligence by touting that Governor Ododo should be celebrated! Celebrated for his obstructive roles? Celebrated for housing a man already declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) based on the summons issued by the court of law?
“That Ododo be celebrated for shielding a man away from the arms of the law? For leading a show of bravado to the EFCC car park on September 18, 2024 in a flagrant display of what an executive governor should not be?”
VCR restated its position that the protection Governor Ododo has given former Governor Yahaya Bello “undermines the renewed fight against corruption by the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, making the President and the country a laughing stock”.
It added: “That is why we are calling on the President, the Nigeria’s Governors’ Forum and the Progressives Governors’ Forum to intervene and call Governor Ododo to order.”
