Lawmaker, Hon. Donald Ojogo, representing Ilaje/Ese-Odo Federal Constituency in Ondo State, has taken a swipe at former Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, accusing him of hypocrisy for criticising the All Progressives Congress (APC) over its current endorsement of President Bola Tinubu for a second time period.
Malami, talking at a gathering of the Nationwide Political Consultative Group (North) in Abuja on Sunday, faulted the APC for specializing in politics as an alternative of addressing the nation’s deepening challenges.
The occasion was attended by outstanding opposition figures, together with Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and Rotimi Amaechi.
“Only a few days in the past, the ruling celebration held its nationwide summit and, as an alternative of tackling urgent points like insecurity, {economic} hardship, and rising poverty, it selected to deal with politics by endorsing President Tinubu for re-election, regardless that the election remains to be two years away,” Malami mentioned, in keeping with THISDAY.
However Ojogo, who represents Ilaje/Ese-Odo Federal Constituency in Ondo State, dismissed the remarks in an announcement launched Monday, Could 26.
He described Malami’s feedback as “laughably hypocritical” and accused the previous AGF of attempting to rewrite historical past.
“As a federal lawmaker, I converse not on behalf of the Presidency nor as a celebration spokesperson, however I can’t ignore Malami’s audacious mischief, particularly contemplating his controversial function in the course of the Buhari administration,” Ojogo said.
He continued, “Malami’s feedback are laughably hypocritical. If he assumes Nigerians have forgotten his actions as AGF, he underestimates our reminiscence. His tenure was riddled with contradictions to the very ideas he now pretends to defend.”
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Drawing from his time as Commissioner for Info in Ondo State, Ojogo recalled Malami’s opposition to safety efforts within the South-West in the course of the administration of the late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.
“Malami, who now postures as a folks’s advocate, actively annoyed strikes by the Southern Governors Discussion board to curb insecurity.
“When our area confronted existential safety threats, Malami stood towards each initiative proposed, together with the creation of the Amotekun Corps,” he alleged.
Ojogo credited Akeredolu and different Southern governors with urgent on regardless of Malami’s resistance.
“It’s a matter of public file that Malami sought to abort the institution of the Amotekun Corps, a visionary safety initiative shaped to guard lives and property within the South-West. He wielded his workplace to suppress real efforts at decentralised policing,” he mentioned.
He additional accused Malami of standing in the best way of state policing and described his place on federalism as slender and damaging.
“He was a potent weapon towards progress on safety issues when Nigeria wanted management and imaginative and prescient essentially the most,” Ojogo added.
The lawmaker ended his assertion by questioning Malami’s motives, saying his newest stance was nothing greater than “a determined try and rewrite a tainted legacy.”
