> Obasanjo Fires Back At Dino Melaye, Calls Him Bodyguard

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has responded to Senator Dino Melaye’s accusation that he (Obasanjo) introduced ‘easy money’ and corruption into the national assembly during his time as President.
Obasanjo, who has a verified account, took to Twitter to respond to Senator Melaye’s tirade.
He wrote: “Dear Nigerians, Pls remind me the name of the Nigerian senator that abandoned his duties to act as bodyguard to someone accused of corruption”
He urged Nigerians to caution the senator.

“Someone should tell Dino Melaye that if I want to trade words with Bodyguard-Senators, I will call him but for now, let him shut his mouth,” the former president added.

In a letter dated January 13 and addressed to the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, the former president had accused the lawmakers of fixing and earning salaries and allowances far above what the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission approved for them.
He also alleged that most of the 109 senators and 369 members of the House of Representatives were receiving constituency allowances without maintaining constituency offices as the laws required of them.
In his response, Senator Dino Melaye on Thursday, January 29, said that the former President was responsible for introducing lawmakers to easy money and corruption during his time as president of the country.
He said: “Our leader is mistaking the eighth national assembly as the same senate assembly that defrauded him in 2007. Those who collected his money and refused to implement the 3rd term agenda. I appeal to baba that we are not the ones please. After nine years of that bribery saga, the first of its kind, I expect forgiveness to have taken place. There was the case of bribery introduced by the Obasanjo regime in the desperate attempt to remove speaker Ghali Umar Na’abba from office then.”
“In fact, there was open display of that bribery money on the floor of the house. That government exposed the national assembly to corruption and easy money. I hope this is not in an attempt to cover up and distract attention from the Halliburton and Siemens corruption allegations.”