One thing Nigerians and the world must come to term with but has refused is the truth that Muhammadu Buhari is one of the most corrupt heads of states in the history of Nigeria. Maybe second only to Sani Abacha whose continuously repatriated loots confirms Buhari as a liar, for claiming Abacha never stole from Nigeria. Buhari’s claim that Abacha is not corrupt is a peep into the iceberg of his disguised character flaws where everything Islamic is incorruptible regardless of glaring evidence to the contrary. Before the recent repatriation of $311 million from the US that Buhari’s corrupt Attorney General erroneously called assets repatriation, billions have been found and returned to this administration without any accountability. The recent scandal and another proof that this administration is the most corrupt is in the disbursement of COVID-19 financial relief packages to fictitious recipients. As Nigerians are dying from this deadly disease, Buhari and his strongmen like the Kano State governor are making a kill from this dreadful situation.

Unfortunately, these facts are lost to many Nigerian Muslims from the North and southwest like the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, because religion and ethnic bias often degrade the intelligence of the intelligent. The irony of Abacha’s loot repatriation is that Abacha imprisoned many Nigerians who were bank loan defaulters during his totalitarian regime, while he stole from Nigeria secretly like is being done presently. So, it is unfortunate that the West trust Buhari’s government enough to start repatriation now. Western governments and other world financial institutions should know better with the state-of-the-art information at their disposal, that the corruption presently going on in Nigeria is unprecedented even for Abacha’s standards. Yet they are still granting loan requests by this administration. It makes me wonder and start thinking of improbable conspiracy theories.

The illusion being peddled by Buhari’s propagandists is that Buhari is not corrupt and that the corrupt ones are the men and women around him. I laugh whenever I hear this, but many Nigerians still believe this lie. Wake up! You cannot give Sani Abacha and Gandollar a clean bill of health if you are not corrupt yourself. You cannot allow the continued decimation of the Nigerian army personnel as a retired army general by Boko Haram if you are not corrupt. You cannot allow Supreme Court judgments to be skewed politically like it was done in inconclusive elections and Orji Uzo Kalu’s release if you are not profoundly corrupt. The list goes on and on, but many will choose to ignore the countless evidence of Buhari’s corruption because it aligns with their biases and special interests. It is in this context that I continue to ponder why the western world continues to repatriate Abacha’s loot to looters. Already APC is using these repatriations to proclaim themselves as a party, leaders of the western world trust. I beseech the financial institutions and governments who are about to repatriate new Abacha loots to wait until Nigeria has a credible government because the incoming loots will be looted.

Ata Ukuta, Editor – www.towncryyers.com