Buba Galadima has suggested that President Muhammadu Buhari is encouraging corruption rather than fighting the menace.
Galadima, a former ally of Buhari and ex-Board of Trustees (BoT) member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, used the case of the arrest of the former Accountant-General of the federation, Ahmed Idris, to justify his position on Buhari’s corruption fight.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is currently prosecuting Idris over alleged fraud of over N100 billion.
Speaking on a Channels TV programme asked, “Do you believe this man is fighting corruption because he arrested the Accountant-General? How many times was he told of the actions of the Accountant-General?
“It was because the pot was almost overflowing and there was nothing he could do that he was forced to pick him.
“It’s not the first time. Even when the Accountant-General’s tenure had expired, he allowed him to continue.
“When did his tenure expire? Two years ago? Why did he leave him in public office? Was greasing the palms of some people around him?”
Galadima also talked about Buhari’s successor, saying that the president will have a lot of work to do.
According to Galadima, the next president “has to build trust between the governed and the people in government.
“He has to create an atmosphere that every Nigerian will feel he belongs to.
“The beginning of insecurity in Nigeria starts with the stealing of public funds by governors (the local government funds).
“As long as any government cannot address this there will be insecurity, because money will not be in circulation, because people steal more than they need.”
Galadima was the National Secretary of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), where Buhari contested for president in 2011 and lost.
He was among signatories to the merger of CPC, AC, ANPP and APGA, which birthed the APC.
He is currently among politicians in the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, rooting for a former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to become the next president in 2023.
