You’re hypocrite, speaker replies ex-minister

While reacting to the call by Chief Babatope that he should resign as Speaker, House of Representatives, Tambuwal, who spoke through his Spe­cial Adviser on Media, Mallam Imam Imam said the PDP chieftain was not in a position to give him such a piece of ad­vice.

Describing Babatope as a hypocrite, Tam­buwal said Babatope lacked the moral stand­ing to make such a call.
According to him: “Those, who live in glass house, should not throw stones. How can Babatope call on Tambuwal to resign? He lacks the moral standing to make such a call. Why did he not resign when he was a minister during Abacha regime when the late dictator’s government was busy assassinat­ing Nigerians? Which is more honourable— defecting to APC or serving in a government that killed its citizens? Did Babatope resign from Abacha government when good people were being killed, people like Ken Saro- Wiwa, Kudirat Abola, Alfred Rewane just to mention a few. Why did Babatope refuse to quit?
Imam, who added that the speaker would not like to make further statement on the is­sue, said: “This matter is already in court, and to that extent, we will not like to talk on it, let the judiciary make its pronouncement on the matter”.