Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has dismissed insinuations that President
Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war is one-sided, just as he disclosed that
some governors who belong to the ruling party are also being prosecuted.
Osinbajo said this at The Platform, a programme convened by Poju Oyemade,
senior pastor of the Covenant Christian Centre, in Lagos, yesterday,
“Well, I don’t agree that the anti-corruption fight is one-sided. What I
think is that obviously there was a federal government that was in place for 16
years and a lot of what you are seeing in terms of prosecution is at the
federal level.
“Obviously, the corrupt activities that took place when there was the
federal government and the same political party that was in power for 16 years.
So, invariably you are bound to find more persons within that period who may
have committed actions that are subjected to form of trials or the other. The
other point to note is that if you look at the governors of the states that are
being prosecuted, you will find that there are some governors who belong to the
ruling party, who are also being prosecuted.
“So, it is not one-sided and one thing I want to make clear is that as
far as the president is concerned; that is, president Buhari, he is absolutely
committed to this fight against corruption and he cannot see the difference
between one party and another.
This is, in fairness to him, because I discuss with him regularly on
these issues. I think he is very, very committed to ensuring that anyone who
infringes on the law of the land with respect to corruption will be dealt with.
I believe that is the way that we want to carry on.
Of course, I believe that there will be situations where people could
say, well, you didn’t address these issues immediately or you didn’t address
that issue; but, one thing you can be sure of is that the wheel of justice
might grind slowly, but, surely, it will get there.”
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