Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has alleged that some members of the National Assembly received bribes to support the declaration of the State of Emergency imposed on Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
TheNewsGuru reports that Obasanjo made the revelation in a video that surfaced on social media. TNG had earlier reported that both the Senate and the House of Representatives endorsed the emergency rule in Rivers State and the six months suspension slammed on Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
Speaking about the controversy that cash payments were made to lawmakers to secure support for the emergency declaration, Obasanjo was seen countering House of Representatives member, Ikenga Ugochinyere, who denied claims, describing it as false.
“Nobody gave anyone $200,000. That is just what I want to correct,” he said.
Insisting, the former president said he has direct knowledge of the payments. He claimed that those who got the money told him about it.
He said, “You can say anything. I heard it from the horse’s mouth. You can deny it, that is alright, but I heard it from those who got it and told me that they got it. If you didn’t get it, then maybe your case is different. Don’t tell me what I know. Most of your members who got it told me that they got it.”
This allegation follows an earlier denial by the Chairman of the House Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mukhtar Betara.