Senator Ayodele Arise, who happens to be the senator that represented the Ekiti North senatorial district in the Senate on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), between year 2007 and 2011, and also served as the chairman of Senate Committee on Privatisation, during an interview on Arise TV live programme, which was monitored by The Nigerian Tribune at the weekend, the now chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, spoke on the suspension of Betta Edu over corruption allegation....CONTINUE READING THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
He said Betta Edu was the Minister in charge of Humanitarian, and she awarded a contract to a company owned by her colleague. He said considering the Interior Minister’s good profile, Nigerians might have been willing to overlook the corruption allegation on him, and he could have apologized too when he was indicted, and the President might have overlooked it.
Arise said but Tunji Ojo coming to the public, and claiming ignorance about the contract worth about N500 million, seems like he was trying to underestimate Nigerians.
When he was asked if Mr. President should overlook Tunji Ojo’s misdeeds because of his performance in the Ministry of Interior, Senator Arise said, “I have not said that. If he had come to the public to say, ‘I am sorry, I did not follow up, and it was a mistake,’ I believe people will overlook it but coming to the public to say you knew nothing, is making people angry about the whole situation…CONTINUE READING>>
