Aisha Yesufu, a Nigerian activist turned politician, had alleged that Nigerian politicians are able to fund their lavish lifestyle and that of their cumcubines as a result of stolen public wealth.
Yesufu’s statement comes in response to Dr. Sam Amadi’s comment, where he blamed the looting of the public treasury by politicians on their “expensive girlfriends.”
Amadi had stated that politicians steal in a bid to fund the expensive lifestyle of their “needless girlfriends.”
“This may not be true. But it is normal with Nigerian politicians. I am convinced that without these ‘needlessly’ expensive girlfriends, these politicians won’t steal that much. Their family does not enjoy up to 25% of their stolen wealth,” Amadi stated.
Disagreeing with Amadi’s claims, Yesufu, in a statement on X on Tuesday, mentioned that “the girlfriends are not the ones making them steal.”
She noted that these political office holders “have girlfriends because of their stolen wealth.”
She berated political office holders for engaging in extramarital affairs with “their children’s age mates” in a bid to remain young.
“I disagree, Prof,” she said. “The girlfriends are not the ones making them steal. They have the girlfriends because of their stolen wealth, which they think can buy them anything, including youth,” she added.
“How else can they feel young other than by going out with their children’s agemates?” Yesufu queried in her statement.
![Rev. Fr. Anthony Odiong, a US-based Nigerian Louisiana Catholic priest, was arrested in Florida on Tuesday for possessing child pornography, according to law authorities. The suspect is reportedly accused of many other cases of sexual assault. The Waco, Texas, Police Department announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday that officers detained Father Anthony Odiong in Ave Maria, Florida, with assistance from the United States Marshals Service. Waco police announced in March that they had received "credible information" about a sexual assault allegedly committed by Odiong in Texas in 2012. “During the subsequent investigation, a case of possession of child pornography was uncovered,” the police said. The priest was apprehended in Florida by the Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force. The Waco Police Department said that he will be extradited to Texas. Odiong had previously served in the Archdiocese of New Orleans before being removed as priest in December of last year due to controversy over homilies in which he claimed, among other things, that the Catholic Church was being taken over by "the gays." At the time, the priest was also accused of abusive behaviour; a Louisiana lady claimed in U.S. bankruptcy court that Odiong had committed both financial and sexual abuse against her. Prior to joining the New Orleans Archdiocese, Odiong served in at least two Texas parishes. On Tuesday, Waco police stated that during their sexual assault investigation, "the presence of other survivors was revealed." “Multiple women have come forward to tell similar experiences as the sexual assault survivor who reported the initial allegation,” the police department said. “Survivors’ experiences ranged from sexual assault and indecent assault, more commonly recognised as groping, and financial abuse, with some survivors experiencing every element of Anthony Odiong’s manipulation.” The police said they “believe there may be more survivors, and we wish to speak with anyone who [has] had similar encounters” with the priest. The Archdiocese of New Orleans issued a brief news release on Tuesday noting Odiong's arrest in Florida. The archdiocese “encourages anyone with any information to contact law enforcement,” the release said.](https://chronicle.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ezgif-6-4730550ede-450x300.jpg "Odiong: US-based Nigerian Catholic priest convicted over sexual assault")
