A British newspaper, Mail Online, on Sunday questioned
President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption credentials ahead of his arrival
in London for a world anti-corruption summit to be hosted by UK’s Prime
Minister, David Cameron. The paper said “self-proclaimed ‘People’s President’”,
Buhari, may be waging a war against corruption his critics have described as a
witch hunt. It wrote that Buhari sends his daughter to a £26,000-a-year English
school and that in April, the opposition PDP party unearthed a ticket stub
showing Hanan, 16, had flown first-class from London to Nigeria, despite her
father’s ban on officials using premium travel.
The report added Buhari had
spent £150,000 on educating his daughter Zahra, a Surrey University student.
The paper also questioned Buhari’s failure to give a full account of his worth,
and pointed out his partial admission of more than £1million in the bank, five
houses and two plots of land. Mail Online added: “The presence of Nigeria’s
president at David Cameron’s anti-corruption summit this week may surprise many
in his nation – which receives vast amount of UK aid. “Self-proclaimed
‘People’s President’ Muhammadu Buhari began a war on corruption after taking
power last year, but critics allege it is a political witch-hunt. “The
Government is giving nearly £250 million in the coming year to oil-rich
Nigeria..
“Supporters say 49 arrests of members of the previous regime show the
anti-corruption war is genuine, but opponents say it is politically driven.
“Nigeria has the highest-paid government officials in the world but is one of
the largest beneficiaries of UK foreign aid. “The president of its senate,
Bukola Saraki, is due to face trial on corruption charges after it emerged he
has a £6million London property in his wife’s name. Mail Online All rights
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