"Though he's no Fela, presidential spokesman Reuben Abati last week struck a plausible note when he called yesterday's men and women hounding Mr. Jonathan by a fitting name: hypocrites. Ms. Ezekwesili was once hyped as a champion of due process. Yet, that gloss was extremely thin. She served in an administration that blew $10 billion or more on the power sector – with nothing to show for it. Did due process go to sleep as Mr. Obasanjo paid huge sums of cash to companies that simply disappeared, never to do the job that was paid for – or to be seen again? She was also there when US authorities caught one of Mr. Obasanjo's closest aides for ferrying close to $200,000 in raw cash on a presidential jet into New York City. Part of the money was used to buy a Mercedes Benz, and close to $50,000 to purchase equipment for Mr. Obasanjo's farm in Ota, Ogun State. That bizarre transaction violated both US and Nigerian laws about cash movements. US authorities extracted a fine of $26,000 from the president's aide. Nigerian authorities pretended that – to use a popular Nigerian saying – "nothing spoil." Did Ms. Ezekwesili ever raise any objection to that scandal, or insist that the presidential aide face the legal consequences?"
- Okey Ndibe
- Okey Ndibe
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