Widow of the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi, Mrs. Ganiat, has described
political leaders in the country as having some mental disorders saying
this is the reason they have remained corrupt beyond pardon.
Mrs. Ganiat, who spoke during the 75th posthumous birthday organised by civil society groups in Lagos for her late activist husband, lamented that the country had been taken over by a syndicate accusing President Goodluck Jonathan as the head of that syndicate.
According to her, any Nigerian who thinks the President is truly committed to the fight against corruption would only be living in self-deception as “a corrupt President cannot rid the country of corruption.”
She
said the country was currently wallowing in self-pity as those
appointed by the President including the country’s Minister of
Petroleum, Deziani Alison-Madueke, the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala, and a host of others have now decided to wreck the system
while the citizens look on.
She warned President Goodluck Jonathan not to contemplate seeking a second term in office as she, with many like-minded Nigerians would campaign against his success at the polls.
“Ebele Jonathan himself is corrupt. Therefore, how can he effectively fight corruption?
“If he is not corrupt, why would he grant pardon to Alamieyeseigha instead of asking that he return all that the man had stolen?
“This is a government by syndicate. People have made up their minds that they are not going to vote for him in 2015. He is deceiving himself, except they rig that election for him and that in itself has consequences.
“I am as resolute as before and stand for anything that will change this country for good,” she said.
She said the insecurity that has pervaded the country is the result of the insensitivity of the leaders of the country to the striking poverty in the land.
“Our leaders have mental problem. God will punish them. They would account for all the souls that were lost due to the Boko haram,” she said warning that the country was already drifting towards anarchy and must be rescued from President Jonathan at this stage.
She said her husband once discovered that the revenue generated from oil could cater for the education needs of every child of school age in the country and still fix infrastructure.
“There is no light and we spend a lot of money on diesel yet we get huge bills. Many industries have gone to other countries where they manufacture and bring finished products to us.
“We must become resolute and take our destinies in our hands. Let them continue to teargas us; our heavenly Lord will continue to teargas them and their children yet unborn.
“We should begin to vote for people who mean well for us. There are so many families who cannot even afford a square meal.
“We must stop hailing all those rogues. They steal your money and you call them baba o,” she said adding that this must stop.
She said she had it on good authority that President Jonathan actually wanted to remove subsidy on petroleum products January this year, but that he was quickly moved to rescind the plan because he and his handlers realised that the people were eagerly waiting to vent their anger on the system.
On the issue of the Boko Haram sect and their activities in major northern cities and communities in the country, Mrs. Ganiat said: “there cannot be smoke without fire.”
She said though the attack on the Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, sometime ago was condemnable, there is the likelihood that leaders of the northern part of Nigeria know the insurgents and their mode of operations.
Some of those who she accused of knowing the Boko Haram members include former military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, the state governors in the zone, and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo who once visited the group.
He said the President lacked the will to curb insecurity in the county
The widow of the late legal icon, further lamented that the Fawehinmi family had not been able to take care of beggars as stipulated in his will because the first trustees of her husband’s will have become a hindrance not making money available for the less privileged.
“In a decent society, I don’t think any organisation would clamour for his (Gani Fawehinmi) immortalisation especially considering what he has done for this country.
“But we don’t have leaders. There’s no security, infrastructure, no work for the youths. Is this a country?
“Those to whom he wants to grant amnesty have said they do not want it. Amnesty should come after a dialogue with the members of the sect, not granting it in a vacuum. And that is why we have advised him to change his advisers and bring in people who have brains and who can tell him the truth,” she said.
The civil society groups led by Comrade Ayodele Akele had urged the government to, among other things, name the Human Rights Commission headquarters after him.
Source: PM newspaper
Mrs. Ganiat, who spoke during the 75th posthumous birthday organised by civil society groups in Lagos for her late activist husband, lamented that the country had been taken over by a syndicate accusing President Goodluck Jonathan as the head of that syndicate.
According to her, any Nigerian who thinks the President is truly committed to the fight against corruption would only be living in self-deception as “a corrupt President cannot rid the country of corruption.”
Ganiat Fawehinmi
She warned President Goodluck Jonathan not to contemplate seeking a second term in office as she, with many like-minded Nigerians would campaign against his success at the polls.
“Ebele Jonathan himself is corrupt. Therefore, how can he effectively fight corruption?
“If he is not corrupt, why would he grant pardon to Alamieyeseigha instead of asking that he return all that the man had stolen?
“This is a government by syndicate. People have made up their minds that they are not going to vote for him in 2015. He is deceiving himself, except they rig that election for him and that in itself has consequences.
“I am as resolute as before and stand for anything that will change this country for good,” she said.
She said the insecurity that has pervaded the country is the result of the insensitivity of the leaders of the country to the striking poverty in the land.
“Our leaders have mental problem. God will punish them. They would account for all the souls that were lost due to the Boko haram,” she said warning that the country was already drifting towards anarchy and must be rescued from President Jonathan at this stage.
She said her husband once discovered that the revenue generated from oil could cater for the education needs of every child of school age in the country and still fix infrastructure.
“There is no light and we spend a lot of money on diesel yet we get huge bills. Many industries have gone to other countries where they manufacture and bring finished products to us.
“We must become resolute and take our destinies in our hands. Let them continue to teargas us; our heavenly Lord will continue to teargas them and their children yet unborn.
“We should begin to vote for people who mean well for us. There are so many families who cannot even afford a square meal.
“We must stop hailing all those rogues. They steal your money and you call them baba o,” she said adding that this must stop.
She said she had it on good authority that President Jonathan actually wanted to remove subsidy on petroleum products January this year, but that he was quickly moved to rescind the plan because he and his handlers realised that the people were eagerly waiting to vent their anger on the system.
On the issue of the Boko Haram sect and their activities in major northern cities and communities in the country, Mrs. Ganiat said: “there cannot be smoke without fire.”
She said though the attack on the Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, sometime ago was condemnable, there is the likelihood that leaders of the northern part of Nigeria know the insurgents and their mode of operations.
Some of those who she accused of knowing the Boko Haram members include former military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, the state governors in the zone, and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo who once visited the group.
He said the President lacked the will to curb insecurity in the county
The widow of the late legal icon, further lamented that the Fawehinmi family had not been able to take care of beggars as stipulated in his will because the first trustees of her husband’s will have become a hindrance not making money available for the less privileged.
“In a decent society, I don’t think any organisation would clamour for his (Gani Fawehinmi) immortalisation especially considering what he has done for this country.
“But we don’t have leaders. There’s no security, infrastructure, no work for the youths. Is this a country?
“Those to whom he wants to grant amnesty have said they do not want it. Amnesty should come after a dialogue with the members of the sect, not granting it in a vacuum. And that is why we have advised him to change his advisers and bring in people who have brains and who can tell him the truth,” she said.
The civil society groups led by Comrade Ayodele Akele had urged the government to, among other things, name the Human Rights Commission headquarters after him.
Source: PM newspaper
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