Pan Yoruba socio-cultural organisation Afenifere yesterday called for “an intensive probe”
of allegations of budget paddling against Speaker Yakubu Dogara, his deputy Yusuff Lasun, Chief Whip Al-hassan Ado Doguwa and Minority Leader Leo Ogor.
It declared support for the anti-corruption crusade of the government and urged the president to ensure sanity in the National Assembly.
The allegations and counter-allegations being raised, the group said, showed that “there is corruption in the National Assembly.”
The group made its position known after at its monthly meeting at the residence of its leader Chief Rueben Fasoranti, in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
It urged the Federal Government to ensure that the money recovered from politicians and some public servants were spent on Nigerians’ welfare.
The group condemned the prevailing economic hardship and urged the government to ameliorate the sufferings through effective economic policies.
In the communique read to reporters by its Publicity Secretary Mr. Yinka Odumakin, the group insisted on the country’s restructuring.
It advised the Federal Government to stop giving bail out to states, stating that states should instead be given enough allocation to cater for their needs.
On the reported re-opening of investigations into the murder of former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige, Afenifere appreciated the government’s gesture and called for the reopening of the murder cases of Chief Moshood Abiola, his wife, Kudirat and Funsho Williams.
But the Police have since denied getting any directive to reopen the Bola Ige murder case and others.
