A former National Deputy Chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has asked
President Muhammadu Buhari to take his anti-
corruption war to the next level by probing the last
two governors of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu
and Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN).

George said in a statement that it would be wrong of
Buhari to claim to be spearheading an anti-graft
campaign and at the same time be considering
Fashola for appointment in the light of the N78.3m of
taxpayers’ money Fashola spent on a personal
website, www.tundefashola.com.

He said Fashola’s excuse for spending N78.3m on a
website was disgusting and should be rejected.

He said, “We are living in a very interesting time.
There is an air of repugnancy everywhere most
especifically in my state where the immoral stench
and the dark odium of Mr. Babatunde Fashola’s
administration is daily being unearthed.

“What is most disgusting and annoying in all these is
the arrogant and the befuddled attempt of Mr.
Fashola to justify the apparent reckless
misappropriation of Lagos state taxpayers’ money to
set up a personal web site.

“Fashola shows no remorse, no semblance of regret,
no guilty nudging of conscience. Instead, he still
attempts to ride a high horse, puffing and stomping
in feigned seraphic innocence. We are not fooled.”
George said many of the projects undertaken by the
Fashola were done at exorbitant prices.

The PDP chieftain wondered how the 1.6km Lekki-
Ikoyi Link Bridge could cost N29bn.

He added, “We knew all along that the emperor had
no clothes. Using N78m of taxpayers’ money to build
a website is reckless misappropriation. The phony
over N29bn used to build a mere kilometre long link
bridge is outrageous venality.

“The spurious N1.5bn allegedly spent on phantom
pedestrian bridges is another con game. And there
are so many of these screaming illegalities
observable in the record of our poster boy of
yesterday!”

George said in a sane clime, Fashola would be facing
comprehensive investigations rather than being
considered for any appointment in the light of the
over N419bn debt incurred by the Fashola
government.

He said the All Progressives Congress-led Federal
Government would do well to start implementing its
promise of change from within.

George said, “In a more just society, Mr. Fashola
should be facing a comprehensive investigation
rather than being considered for any appointment at
all. President Buhari should use the Fashola case as
an acid test of sparing no one with any intimation of
public malfeasance.

“Rather than engaging in a smug chest beating of
innocence, Mr. Fashola should first remove himself
from any consideration of public appointment and
openly call for a judicial probe of his eight years in
office.

“Nothing else will bring out the true picture. Lagos
State is now the biggest debtor in the federation with
over a trillion naira in bad debts. It may take at least
40 years before Fashola’s indebtedness can be
defrayed! What a malady!”

George said there was no way Fashola would be
probed without probing Tinubu because one was the
creation of the other.

He said, “In the end there is no way to divorce
Fashola from Bola Tinubu. They are both linked in
unutterable complicity. If Fashola stands today in
tarnished allegations, Tinubu, his godfather, cannot
possibly distance himself in innocent escapism.

“If Fashola now rots in the mud, we must look
through the depths to understand the instigating and
factor. Whenever Fashola is cooling his feet at the
interrogation centre, Tinubu should not be far
behind.”

All attempts to get Tinubu’s reactions proved abortive
as calls put through to his media aide, Mr. Sunday
Dare, were not responded to.