Some guests to Aso Rock Villa are standing prosecution for corruption- Falana

President Bola Tinubu has been encouraged by human rights attorney Femi Falana (SAN) to take the initiative in the battle against corruption by not conveying the incorrect message regarding corruption cases.

Falana mentioned that several individuals entering and leaving the Aso Rock Villa are actually defendants in corruption cases.

The human rights attorney bemoaned that the amount of corruption in the nation “has assumed a very dangerous dimension” while speaking as a guest at the 60th anniversary of Aare Afe Babalola’s call to the bar in Ekiti State on Monday.

The legal practitioner said, “I’m urging the president to lead an anti-corruption crusade so that the country – the largest concentration of black people on earth, can take its rightful place in the committee of nations.

“Highly-placed public officers steal money meant for building hospitals, and people are dying on our roads.

“Some of those who are going in and out of the villa are standing trial for looting the treasury of this country. So, wrong signals must not be sent to our people and the international community.”

Speaking further about the need to prevent corrupt public officials from holding elected office, he cited the anti-corruption efforts of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo (GCFR), the former president of Nigeria and the chairman of the anniversary lecture.

Falana said, “There’s somebody here who was our president. If you were accused of corruption and your case was before the EFCC or the ICPC, you’ll not be appointed to a position of authority. We must go back to that era.”