Buhari London Visit: International Community Questions Nigeria's Anti-Corruption War
May 8, 2016Henry Oqua
As President Muhammadu Buhari embarks on another foreign trip to attend the Anti-Corruption Summit in London this week, the international community has questioned his reasons for attending, as well as his own anti-corruption crusade back home.

UK based MailOnline, in an article published early hours of Sunday, May 8, barely 2 days to the commencement of the summit, highlighted the impropriety of the Nigerian President attending the summit, when his country is among the biggest recipients of British aid, despite massive oil wealth.

The UK paper argued that the self-acclaimed “The Peoples President” has not only derailed his anti-corruption crusade with politically motivated trials, but has also allowed his family members and close associates, get involved in acts he frowned up before he took power almost a year ago.

Buhari himself did was not bothered by the several allegations of corruption against some ex-State governors whom he appointed into his cabinet.

Most notably, former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi who was accused of investing over N70bn of the state’s money to fund Buhari’s campaign, as well as former Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, who admitted to desgning and running his personal website for N78m from the State’s purse.

“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.

“And a Nigerian newspaper claimed Mr Buhari has spent £150,000 on educating his daughter Zahra, a Surrey University student.

“The president is reported to have failed to give a full account of his worth, but even his partial admission included more than £1million in the bank, five houses and two plots of land. Mail Online said.

Some months back, at the commencement of the trial against one of the victims of Buhari’s politicised anti-corruption war, Senate President Bukola Saraki, a US diplomat who spoke with news men confirmed that the US government was concerned about the motives behind the trial.

“The US respects separation of powers as an inherent part of its presidential system of government but warned that politicising the campaign against corruption would not help Nigeria.” Naij.com reported.

Recent happenings at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, have lent credence to Saraki’s claim that his trial is politically motivated, for his role in his emergence as Senate President on June 9, 2015.

With Buhari scheduled to play a “prominent part” at the summit which includes delivering a keynote address titled “Why We Must Tackle Corruption Together” in the pre-opening of the summit, there is no doubt that the absence of due process in his own battle against corruption at home, will be on the minds of his audience.


Buhari has visited the UK 3 times in less than a year.
This is Buhari’s 4th visit to the United Kingdom in less than a year, a record for any African leader.
He is continuously maligned for his frequent trips abroad, and is now hard-pressed to prove the viability of the trip to an increasing section of Nigerian who insist that the trips are unnecessary.

No international source , just like they claimed Trump blasted Nigeria

why am i not surprised




Mynd44 where's rule 17

not suprise about this media called dailymail.co.uk ,trying to disgrace nigerian president.
they are used to false information......below are some of
successful lawsuits against the Mail

2001, February: Businessman Alan Sugar was awarded £100,000 in damages following a story commenting on his stewardship of Tottenham Hotspur Football

2003, October: Actress Diana Rigg awarded £30,000 in damages over a story commenting on aspects of her personality.

2006, May: £100,000 damages for Elton John, following false accusations concerning his manners and behaviuors

2009, January: £30,000 award to Dr Austen Ivereigh, who had worked for Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, following false accusations made by the newspaper concerning abortion.

2010, July: £47,500 award to Parameswaran Subramanyam for falsely claiming that he secretly sustained himself with hamburgers during a 23-day hunger strike in Parliament Square to draw attention to the protests against the Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009.

2011, November: the former lifestyle adviser Carole Caplin received damages over claims in the Mail that she would reveal intimate details about former clients.

2014, May: author J. K. Rowling received substantial damages and the Mail printed an apology. The newspaper had made a false claim about Rowling's story written for the website of Gingerbread, a single parents' charity.