Jonathan-BuhariABUJA — Second Republic Governor of Kaduna
State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, yesterday, doubted the
ability and sincerity of President Muhammadu
Buhari to confront the endemic problem of
corruption in Nigeria and put an end to it.
Musa, who spoke in an exclusive interview with
Vanguard in his Kaduna home, said President
Buhari had already lost the moral right to
prosecute the anti-corruption war by restricting the probe of corrupt officials to those in former
President Jonathan’s government.
The former governor made it clear that Buhari had
shot himself in the foot by deliberately limiting the
war to Jonathan’s era, thereby making some highly corrupt persons to escape and carry on as
saints.
Musa noted that while Buhari and Jonathan
were not on the same page when it comes to
leadership, Buhari must prove that he is not being
surrounded by highly corrupt persons while
looking out for those to be prosecuted for graft.
Musa said it was a tragedy to have made Jonathan
the president of Nigeria given the fact that he
neither had the experience nor the competence to
rule Nigeria. He said: “In the first place Jonathan
should not have been the president of Nigeria
because he lacks both the competence and the
experience to run the country successfully. Nigeria
is not a place to train on the job because unlike in
America where there is a set standard in place, it
is the leader who sets the standard in Nigeria.”
While blaming former President Olusegun Obasanjo for the emergence of Jonathan on the leadership saddle of Nigeria despite his leadership
shortcomings, Musa said Buhari must prove that
he has what it takes to move Nigeria a notch
higher.
Musa added:
“We don’t dispute the fact
that Jonathan should not have been made the
president of Nigeria at the time he was brought in
but the point remains that Buhari must also prove
that he is the saint he has portrayed himself to be.
“But my fear is that there are so many corrupt
persons around Buhari and in APC and PDP while
he has deliberately decided to limit his probe of
corrupt persons to only those who served under
Jonathan. This is very sad and a clear evidence of
selective trial of opponents.”
Musa stated that for Buhari to be taken seriously
in the fight against corruption, he must examine
and convince himself that he is sincere and ready
to conduct a fair trial of corrupt persons irrespective of their party affiliation and status in
society.
He pointed out that while he would not
mention names of corrupt persons, he was
convinced that there were many corrupt persons in both APC and PDP who are even more dangerous than former President Jonathan.
He said: “I will advise Buhari to convince himself
that he is morally and politically capable to
undertake the responsibility of cleaning up Nigeria.
I will ask him to constitute a government of
national unity involving all the political parties in
Nigeria in the task of rebuilding Nigeria.”
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