A former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of deliberately spreading falsehoods to obscure his own record regarding the Mambilla power project.
Charmingpro gathered that Agunloye, who was accused of a six-billion-dollar Mambilla Hydroelectric plant fraud, had earlier sought the intervention of the Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), and other personalities over the matter.
Agunloye, who is the National Secretary of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), is facing a seven-count charge brought by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court over the contract.
Our correspondent learned that Agunloye served as Minister of Power and Steel between 2002 and 2003 under Obasanjo.
Charmingpro reports that Obasanjo ruled Nigeria as a civilian president between 1999 and 2007.
The former minister has, however, accused his former principal of deliberately spreading falsehoods to obscure his own record regarding the Mambilla power project.
Agunloye, in a statement made available to Charmingpro on Friday, alleged that the government seeks to use him as a scapegoat to portray systemic corruption to the arbitration panel.
He added that his challenges stem from personal conflicts between President Obasanjo and two of his associates: former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Leno Adesanya, the owner of Sunrise Power Company.
Agunloye, while speaking further, maintained that Obasanjo feigned ignorance of the BOT contract during his presidency and later distorted the facts in public and judicial settings