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Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has lambasted former Nigeria leaders who allegedly use public Funds to enlarge their business empire.
The foremost lawyer tactically referred to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his Vice Atiku Abubakar.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo owns Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun state, while former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar is the founder of American University of Nigeria in Yola, Adamawa state.
Falana spoke at the launch of Sahara Reporters’ Civic Media Laboratory.
In his words: “These guys who have restructured the economy of Nigeria. Or you are not aware that these guys restructured the economy of Nigeria to the extent that Nigeria is the only country today where former heads of states openly own universities.
“Have you ever heard of that anywhere in the world that the likes of Obasanjo, Atiku, Babangida and others, own universities, and of course, the man who is now pushing for restructuring, Atiku, has a univerisity as well.”
“None of these guys worked outside the government. One was a customs officer, the others were soldiers; their pension cannot establish a primary school, not to talk of a university. For young people, I think there is enough provocation on the part of the ruling class,” he added.