ROCHAS CAUGHT!!! PLANS TO USE ZUMA'S NIGERIAN VISIT TO LAUNDER MONEY TO SOUTH-AFRICA AS CSNAC CONDEMNS VISIT…SEE
ROCHAS CAUGHT!!! PLANS TO USE ZUMA'S NIGERIAN VISIT TO LAUNDER MONEY TO SOUTH-AFRICA AS CSNAC CONDEMNS VISIT…SEE
Christian Rowland writing for ODOGWU MEDIA...A non-governmental group, Civil
Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC), has condemned South African President
Jacob Zuma’s visit to Nigeria in the wake of a recent Supreme Court ruling that
upheld a lower court’s decision to reinstate corruption charges against the
embattled South African president.
During his visit to Nigeria, Mr.
Zuma was honored by Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha and bestowed the
chieftaincy title of Ochiaga. The Imo State government further honored the
South African president by unveiling a statue of him in Owerri.
He also addressed a group of
Nigerian youths in the state. CSNAC argued that honoring Mr. Zuma
as such celebrates corruption. “It is embarrassing that a state
government controlled by the All Progressive Congress, which is fighting
corruption, could play host to Mr. Zuma, allegedly a corrupt leader in the
current assembly of heads of state in the African Union and portray him as a
hero before a group of African youths,” CSNAC chairman Olanrewaju Suraju said.
“Is Governor Okorocha not
aware that Mr. Zuma has been found guilty of corruption by the courts in South
Africa and has been ordered to refund the $500,000 stolen from the public
treasury to expand his private house to accommodate his many wives? Is Governor
Okorocha not aware that Mr. Zuma has also been indicted for allowing an Indian
family to influence the appointment of his cabinet members?”
Mr. Suraju decried the APC’s
hypocrisy in celebrating Mr. Zuma while championing itself as a party of
anti-corruption.
“Is the APC governor [Okorocha] not
aware that South Africans are marching on the streets to demand ‘Zuma Must Go’
over his corrupt practices?” the CSNAC chairman queried.
The group called on Mr. Okorocha to
issue a public apology to Nigerians for celebrating the corrupt Mr. Zuma.
While acknowledging that the federal
government rightly opted to not host Mr. Zuma in Abuja, CSNAC stated that the
federal government should have stepped in and advised Mr. Okorocha to not host
the South African president.
The group also condemned the content
of Mr. Zuma’s speech, in which he stated that an “external conspiracy” has
prevented Africa from developing while failing to recognize the role of
corruption in underdevelopment.
“He stated that the external
conspiracy against the African continent would be effectively tackled when more
African children access quality education. But how can young people receive
qualitative education when the resources for building schools and equipping
them are stolen by African leaders?” the group said.
CSNAC also noted that former
President Olusegun Obasanjo was present to greet Mr. Zuma, saying the two have
much in common.
“Both of them have used their
official positions to acquire obscene wealth as well as many women and
children. Both have failed to give qualitative education to young people in
their respective countries,” CSNAC said.
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ROCHAS CAUGHT!!! PLANS TO USE ZUMA'S NIGERIAN VISIT TO LAUNDER MONEY TO SOUTH-AFRICA AS CSNAC CONDEMNS VISIT…SEE
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