Despite repeated claims that the ruling APC regime has recorded substantial success in tackling corruption and preventing looting of Nigeria’s treasury, the U.S. government’s verdict is that President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo have not covered themselves in glory as massive looting continues.

The U.S. said Messrs Buhari and Osinbajo, including governors, took advantage of the immunity attached to their positions to perpetuate corrupt acts and misappropriation of public funds.

This indictment is contained in its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, covering internationally recognised individual, civil, political, and worker rights.

In a section of the report titled ‘Corruption and Lack of Transparency in Government’, the American government noted that while Nigerian laws penalised corruption, enforcement was not followed through.

The report said this allowed government employees, including elected officials, to partake in corrupt practices.

“Massive, widespread, and pervasive corruption affected all levels of government, including the judiciary and security services. The constitution

provides immunity from civil and criminal prosecution for the president, vice president, governors, and deputy governors while in office,” said the report.

The report, which covers 198 countries and territories, noted ongoing human rights abuses and violations worldwide evident in the regression of democratic systems on several continents.

It stressed there were numerous allegations of government corruption despite the so-called anti-corruption campaign of President Buhari’s regime. Corruption is increasing in the country, with Nigeria ranking 154 out of 180 countries according to the Transparency International 2021 Corruption Index.

Peoples Gazette had reported Mr Osinbajo’s involvement in violating federal campaign finance laws, as Guaranty Trust Bank donated at least N200 million to his campaign coffers.

The financial records said GTBank’s Investment One fund management department paid N200 million in three increments of N100 million, N50 million and N50 million to Mr Osinbajo’s campaign account in the build-up to the 2015 presidential election in which he stood as the running mate of Mr Buhari.

Since 2020, The Gazette has exclusively exposed a series of scandals involving Mr Buhari’s ministers, aides, political allies, and controversial appointments into public offices.

In February 2021, The Gazette reported that Mr Buhari’s political aides and loyalists were appointed to Nigeria’s Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR).

In December, The Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA) testified to the high level of corruption and tribalism under Mr Buhari’s regime, evident in the tenure extension of current director-general Ahmed Rufai, despite internal protests against his reappointment.

The former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, also described Mr Buhari’s anti-corruption campaign as “ineffective” as looters who joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) would have their cases swept under the carpet.

Garba Shehu and Laolu Akande, spokesmen for Messrs Buhari and Osinbajo, respectively, declined The Gazette’s request seeking comments on their principals’ indictment by the U.S. report

DitariDisciple2:
Ijaw Republic our home.Ijaws being the 4th largest tribe and having a population of over 10 percent of Nigeria deserves 2 more states and more LGAs for Bayelsa state.
Bayelsa state is bigger than 10 Nigerian states and have over 550 villages and settlements but are so marginalized in times of LGAs.
Forget that lie population figure in book that many falsify.
The truth remains.
All Nigeria's offshore oil go with Ijaw Republic because we are the ones sharing borders with the whole ocean.


Ijaw produces over 90 percent of all Nigeria's crude oil but were unjustly balkanized into Ondo, Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Akwa-Ibom States when all Ijaw areas are fully together and are not scattered by God.
The Lovers of Ijaw Nation Organization is asking the Nigerian system to restore us to none balkanized by creating Toru-Ebe State (for Ijaws of Ondo, Edo, Delta), Oil Rivers State (for Ijaws of Rivers and Akwa-Ibom States and increase Bayelsa LGAs to the proper number as it is in other States.
These states are economically viable.

Failure to do this, we are going to take full militant actions in every way so as to leave Nigeria and go for Ijaw Republic.

DitariDisciple2:
Ijaw Republic our home.Ijaws being the 4th largest tribe and having a population of over 10 percent of Nigeria deserves 2 more states and more LGAs for Bayelsa state.
Bayelsa state is bigger than 10 Nigerian states and have over 550 villages and settlements but are so marginalized in times of LGAs.
Forget that lie population figure in book that many falsify.
The truth remains.
All Nigeria's offshore oil go with Ijaw Republic because we are the ones sharing borders with the whole ocean.


Ijaw produces over 90 percent of all Nigeria's crude oil but were unjustly balkanized into Ondo, Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Akwa-Ibom States when all Ijaw areas are fully together and are not scattered by God.
The Lovers of Ijaw Nation Organization is asking the Nigerian system to restore us to none balkanized by creating Toru-Ebe State (for Ijaws of Ondo, Edo, Delta), Oil Rivers State (for Ijaws of Rivers and Akwa-Ibom States and increase Bayelsa LGAs to the proper number as it is in other States.
These states are economically viable.

Failure to do this, we are going to take full militant actions in every way so as to leave Nigeria and go for Ijaw Republic.

Rollsnjaguar:

Tinubu media crew have finally resume work

DitariDisciple2:
Ijaw Republic our home.Ijaws being the 4th largest tribe and having a population of over 10 percent of Nigeria deserves 2 more states and more LGAs for Bayelsa state.
Bayelsa state is bigger than 10 Nigerian states and have over 550 villages and settlements but are so marginalized in times of LGAs.
Forget that lie population figure in book that many falsify.
The truth remains.
All Nigeria's offshore oil go with Ijaw Republic because we are the ones sharing borders with the whole ocean.


Ijaw produces over 90 percent of all Nigeria's crude oil but were unjustly balkanized into Ondo, Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Akwa-Ibom States when all Ijaw areas are fully together and are not scattered by God.
The Lovers of Ijaw Nation Organization is asking the Nigerian system to restore us to none balkanized by creating Toru-Ebe State (for Ijaws of Ondo, Edo, Delta), Oil Rivers State (for Ijaws of Rivers and Akwa-Ibom States and increase Bayelsa LGAs to the proper number as it is in other States.
These states are economically viable.

Failure to do this, we are going to take full militant actions in every way so as to leave Nigeria and go for Ijaw Republic.

Sergio104:



Nwokem what's this .

Better respect yourself!!

Felimax:


Oga, who do you think you are talking to here? You don't even know your map you are here claiming what will consume you.

DitariDisciple2:


Take it or not its a fact you can't change.
Ijaw Republic our home.

grandstar:
This government along with that of Babangida will go down as the most corrupt and wasteful in Nigeria's history.

Think9ja:
Americans know what is going on here more than the EFCC and the NSA

Evaloyal2J:
Corruption is a project here, all of us are feeling the effects. Common I refinery, this people couldn't build for over seven years. They couldn't even repair the ones that were working before they took over. We used to buy our fuesl, gas and kerosine from the filling stations without any stress. But since 2015, fuel skyrocketed, gas became a luxury. Kerosine is ban at the stations. reason why the boys took over the gbofire. Worse of it is after ending the gbofire that brought about the sooth, kerosine now sell for #600 a litre, gas, 9k 12kg and feul 300.

If this senseless people about to borrow another 6triillion in the name of fuel subside they keep telling us reach time that the have removed had sense, what stopped them from borrowin such money to repair even one refinery or build one since seven years?
Guess what? They are waiting for dangote refinery so we all become slaves and begin to que for something we can afford to produce .

buckeyemedia:
Yet all your Igbo leaders still pay homage to Maradonna in Minna?

The criminal that got the High Court injunction used by the Military to annul June 12th, 1993 was an Igbo man (Arthur Nzeribe).

Iyadesa:
They should've at least given us small prove na