The Chairman of the Northern Elders' Council has questioned President Muhammadu Buhari's anti-corruption fight as he accused the president of only prosecuting perceived opponents.
Dr. Tanko Yakassai
Elder statesman and Presidential Liaison Officer in the Second Republic, Dr. Tanko Yakassai, has described the anti-corruption efforts of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration as a mere propaganda war, lamenting that it has unfortunately won over right thinking men like Prof. Wole Soyinka.
According to Vanguard, Dr. Yakassai, who also chairs the Northern Elders’ Council, lambasted the Buhari-led administration as he called its anti-corruption fight an individual affair.
He chided the Buhari administration for its open disdain for valid court orders urging him to obey all court orders relating to the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki.
According to him, Buhari can only be taken serious if he extends his dragnet across the inter-party divide as well as to other tiers of government.
"The Federal Government of Nigeria is only fighting Sambo Dasuki. Should the fight against corruption begin and end with Dasuki? Is he the only 'corrupt' person? Till today, they have not even started his case in the court. He was granted bail twice and they refused to let him go. This is not a fight against corruption. It is a propaganda fight.
They even convinced people like Prof. Wole Soyinka who now believes that there is a fight against corruption, but there is no such thing. Otherwise, how many people have they arrested?
All the people that are arrested today are connected with Dasuki. No other person has been picked. What of the governors, ministers, top civil servants and local government officials? Can you fight one person and say you are fighting corruption?" he queried.
He blamed the military for its journey into governance and seizing power by force which has brought Nigeria untold woes as the president himself is a product of the evil system that has kept Nigeria underdeveloped.