Retired military head of Kaduna state Abubakar Dangiwa Umar has characterised the outgone Buhari administration as Nigeria’s most corrupt, while defending the separatist effort of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

In an interview with the Sun Newspaper, the fiery ex-military officer said the former president elevated “personal interest above national interest.”

“President Buhari had the opportunity to declare his assets publicly before and after his Presidency as he promised to do while campaigning for the office. He failed to do so. His assets declaration to the Katsina farmers is meaningless and doesn’t meet the legal requirements and expectations of the general public. It also does not matter if he left the Presidency poorer. Truth is that he presided over the most corrupt administration in the history of this country,” he said.

Mr Umar spoke of “moral corruption” of the former president in allowing government ministers to disproportionately allocate several federal projects to his home town of Daura in Katsina state.

“Consider, for example, the siting of over 20 major Federal Government’s projects in the President’s hometown, Daura. Senior members, including ministers and military Service Chiefs, engaged in very embarrassing and unethical acts to appease and ingratiate themselves to the president by gifting him projects from their ministries, departments, agencies and services. These were accepted with gratitude. It was the height of ethical and moral corruption that the president accepted a gift of an Air Force Reference Hospital from his Chief of Air Staff when Daura does not even have a landing strip,” he said.

“The rail line from Kano to Maradi was only approved because it passes through Daura and not for any socio-economic value. It ranks lowest in the nation’s infrastructural priorities. Less so that it is being financed with a $1.9 billion Chinese loan. This project must be discontinued. Work so far done should remain a monument of corruption. The two federal roads leading to Daura from Kano and Katsina are being dualised, while all roads leading to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are yet to be completed.

“The Lagos-Ibadan expressway connecting the North with the two South Western ports is still under construction. Construction of the
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Fighting to liberate one's people shouldn't be a crime. The only thing I can fault Kanu here is his approach to things. Man twisted some facts and dished out some lies in pursuance of his cause.
If fighting for freedom is criminal, it means that the nationalists who fought to ensure Nigeria's independence are all criminals.