[b][/b]Member of House of Representa­tives represent­ing Akure North/South Federal Constituency, Pastor Afe Olowookere, has ascribed the endemic nature of corruption in Ni­geria to obsolete laws.

He noted that corrupt people had always taken advantage of these obsolete laws to escape justice, say­ing the development was not good for anti-graft war going on in the country.

The lawmaker, however, promised that the eighth Na­tional Assembly would do everything within its power to get rid of these laws in order to strengthen the fight against the scourge.

Olowookere spoke at the weekend during the foun­dation-laying ceremony of community town hall at Emiloro, Akure South Lo­cal Government Area of Ondo State.

The legislator, who flayed the claim by Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that the anti-corruption crusade was targeted at its members, said it was wrong for anybody to say the fight had been politi­cised.

He said: “So far, I’ve not seen how this anti-graft war has been politicised. PDP members are protest­ing that the probe is targeted at them. But my question is, since 1999, which party had been ruling us at the centre?

“If the Federal Govern­ment is probing activities at the centre, which party will be affected? Is it not PDP? The probe has not been ex­tended to the states where other parties are involved in governance at that level.

“The crusade is not targeted at any particu­lar party. The anti-graft war is still in order. As a member of the National Assembly, I support it and I am going to encourage my colleagues to do ev­erything necessary to sup­port it.”[b][/b]

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