Afenifere, Speaks On Maina’s Case, Want Govt To Go Beyond Sacking Lawal, Oke

The apex Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere has challenged the Federal Government to prove its anti-corruption crusade by prosecuting Maina and his accomplices.

The Publicity Secretary of the group, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, spoke yesterday in their resolutions after a meeting held in Akure, alleging that the Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade was partial.

Afenifere expressed shock at the recall, reinstatement and promotion of Maina and the involvement of top government officials in the conspiracy that brought him back to office.

Odumakin, who also condemned the military occupation of the South West, insisted that the anti-corruption crusade should not be reduced to a means of fighting the opposition.

Also, the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, urged President Buhari to go beyond the sacking of the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babachir David Lawal and the former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Ambassador Ayodele Oke.

Onaiyekan spoke yesterday in Abuja at the Bicentenary (200th) anniversary of the birth of Baha’u’llah, the prophet and founder of the Baha’i Faith organised by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Nigeria.

According to Onaiyekan, not going beyond their sacking would make other people susceptible to corruption knowing they can only be sacked from their positions after stealing.