Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba Well Represented In ‘Corruption Charge Sheet’ – Osinbajo

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said no particular tribe in Nigeria is more corrupt than the other if one looks at the country’s “corruption charge sheet.”

Osinbajo said this on Wednesday while delivering a speech at a seminar of the Institute of Security Studies.

“It is also a false narrative one group is more corrupt than the other. Not so. If you look at a corruption charge sheet, there is unity you find all ethnic and religious groups equally represented in corruption. There’s complete unity in the business of corruption,” he said.

The Acting President equally urged Nigerians not to equate hate speech with freedom of expression as the former “precedes tragedies in human history”.

Osinbajo, who further spoke on alleged marginalisation of a section of country, said: “It is a false narrative that nations formed the way ours was formed is bound to fail. Term mere geographic expression is not original to Nigeria.

“It is also a false narrative that we are better off when ethnic groups are on their own. While different groups have strength we are better united.

“It is also not true that those who make marginalisation charges are altruistic. Often what they are saying is I am marginalised-‘appoint me’,” he said.