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How did these men become so rich in less than three years of serving as Inspector General of Police?

Two former Inspectors General of Police under former President Muhammadu Buhari, Usman Alkali Baba and Abubakar Mohammed Adamu, both contested for governorship tickets under APC in Yobe and Nasarawa States.
Both men bought APC nomination and expression of interest forms reportedly worth about ₦50 million each.

These were public servants. Police officers who spent most of their careers in government service. Yet immediately after leaving office, they suddenly became wealthy enough to spend ₦50 million on forms alone, not including campaigns, consultations, logistics, delegates, and elections that could easily cost over ₦500 million or more if they had won the primaries. And Nigerians are expected not to ask questions?

Abubakar Adamu served as IGP from 2019–2021. Usman Alkali Baba served from 2021–2023.

In less than three years in office, they became powerful political figures with enormous financial strength. Meanwhile, millions of Nigerians became poorer during the same period. Inflation exploded, insecurity increased, businesses collapsed, and the economy suffered heavily.

This is why many Nigerians keep asking: What really happened during the Buhari years? How did public service suddenly become a gateway to massive wealth? Why are retired security chiefs immediately turning into heavyweight politicians?

The painful part is that ordinary Nigerians struggle daily to survive, while many former public officials move from government office straight into politics with unbelievable financial capacity.

Nigeria cannot truly recover from what Buhari, Tinubu and APC did to this country until citizens begin asking hard questions without fear or tribal sentiments.

Some truths are uncomfortable, but silence has cost this country too much. How did these men become so rich in less than 3 years of serving as Inspector General of Police?

Ndubuisi Nicholas Ifedoro ✍🏻


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Those are the hidden parts of democracy!

Lead to enrich yourself at the detriment of your staffs and citizens.

Corruption and democracy are brothers. We mostly just try to ignore that fact.

The game is all about, money, influence and loyalty IRRESPECTIVE of whether you have a brain or not.

Don't be naive as if you are new in this country. Do you know what it is to be an IGP even if just for a year? Nigeria is not a sane country.

That's a brilliant and well articulated points but this is a country where we don't ask questions. You see an average guy who can't even afford lunch and all of a sudden he's a multi millionaire with no known job or business interest and all we say is the guy na yahoo and people seems cool with that and move on. Politics is Nigeria as been so monetized that a councillor who may not even be a school sat holder turns millionaire overnight with questions asked. Sincerely, I don't think things can get better if our mindset is remains which I don't see changing.

Now if they manage and get power, what do you think they will do?

Leave money alone or grab n dissappear?

enemyofprogress:
How did these men become so rich in less than three years of serving as Inspector General of Police?

Two former Inspectors General of Police under former President Muhammadu Buhari, Usman Alkali Baba and Abubakar Mohammed Adamu, both contested for governorship tickets under APC in Yobe and Nasarawa States.
Both men bought APC nomination and expression of interest forms reportedly worth about ₦50 million each.

These were public servants. Police officers who spent most of their careers in government service. Yet immediately after leaving office, they suddenly became wealthy enough to spend ₦50 million on forms alone, not including campaigns, consultations, logistics, delegates, and elections that could easily cost over ₦500 million or more if they had won the primaries. And Nigerians are expected not to ask questions?

Abubakar Adamu served as IGP from 2019–2021. Usman Alkali Baba served from 2021–2023.

In less than three years in office, they became powerful political figures with enormous financial strength. Meanwhile, millions of Nigerians became poorer during the same period. Inflation exploded, insecurity increased, businesses collapsed, and the economy suffered heavily.

This is why many Nigerians keep asking: What really happened during the Buhari years? How did public service suddenly become a gateway to massive wealth? Why are retired security chiefs immediately turning into heavyweight politicians?

The painful part is that ordinary Nigerians struggle daily to survive, while many former public officials move from government office straight into politics with unbelievable financial capacity.

Nigeria cannot truly recover from what Buhari, Tinubu and APC did to this country until citizens begin asking hard questions without fear or tribal sentiments.

Some truths are uncomfortable, but silence has cost this country too much. How did these men become so rich in less than 3 years of serving as Inspector General of Police?

Ndubuisi Nicholas Ifedoro ✍🏻


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Enemy of progress indeed, no go hustle for your life.

Billions comes to IGP office monthly

Stupid, Childish, Naive, Babyish Questions.
Even a 15, 16 year old boy, can easily see and understand things

enemyofprogress:
How did these men become so rich in less than three years of serving as Inspector General of Police?

Two former Inspectors General of Police under former President Muhammadu Buhari, Usman Alkali Baba and Abubakar Mohammed Adamu, both contested for governorship tickets under APC in Yobe and Nasarawa States.
Both men bought APC nomination and expression of interest forms reportedly worth about ₦50 million each.

These were public servants. Police officers who spent most of their careers in government service. Yet immediately after leaving office, they suddenly became wealthy enough to spend ₦50 million on forms alone, not including campaigns, consultations, logistics, delegates, and elections that could easily cost over ₦500 million or more if they had won the primaries. And Nigerians are expected not to ask questions?

Abubakar Adamu served as IGP from 2019–2021. Usman Alkali Baba served from 2021–2023.

In less than three years in office, they became powerful political figures with enormous financial strength. Meanwhile, millions of Nigerians became poorer during the same period. Inflation exploded, insecurity increased, businesses collapsed, and the economy suffered heavily.

This is why many Nigerians keep asking: What really happened during the Buhari years? How did public service suddenly become a gateway to massive wealth? Why are retired security chiefs immediately turning into heavyweight politicians?

The painful part is that ordinary Nigerians struggle daily to survive, while many former public officials move from government office straight into politics with unbelievable financial capacity.

Nigeria cannot truly recover from what Buhari, Tinubu and APC did to this country until citizens begin asking hard questions without fear or tribal sentiments.

Some truths are uncomfortable, but silence has cost this country too much. How did these men become so rich in less than 3 years of serving as Inspector General of Police?

Ndubuisi Nicholas Ifedoro ✍🏻


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The EAgle is sleeping, but if they cross carpet to NDC or ADC

EFCC chairman will start telling us, they have being tracking both since 2011

osuofia2:
Enemy of progress indeed, no go hustle for your life.

a thief in the making spotted

Former IGP, Mustafa Balogun is one of the few Police bosses that was ever arraigned in court for corruption. His story told the pattern about how security bosses become overnight billionaires

The man simply stole funds and used different sources to laundering it.

Our police is one of the most corrupt in the Africa. Know this and this would not come as a surprise. Wait till you see Egbetokuns next move.

enemyofprogress:
How did these men become so rich in less than three years of serving as Inspector General of Police?

Two former Inspectors General of Police under former President Muhammadu Buhari, Usman Alkali Baba and Abubakar Mohammed Adamu, both contested for governorship tickets under APC in Yobe and Nasarawa States.
Both men bought APC nomination and expression of interest forms reportedly worth about ₦50 million each.

These were public servants. Police officers who spent most of their careers in government service. Yet immediately after leaving office, they suddenly became wealthy enough to spend ₦50 million on forms alone, not including campaigns, consultations, logistics, delegates, and elections that could easily cost over ₦500 million or more if they had won the primaries. And Nigerians are expected not to ask questions?

Abubakar Adamu served as IGP from 2019–2021. Usman Alkali Baba served from 2021–2023.

In less than three years in office, they became powerful political figures with enormous financial strength. Meanwhile, millions of Nigerians became poorer during the same period. Inflation exploded, insecurity increased, businesses collapsed, and the economy suffered heavily.

This is why many Nigerians keep asking: What really happened during the Buhari years? How did public service suddenly become a gateway to massive wealth? Why are retired security chiefs immediately turning into heavyweight politicians?

The painful part is that ordinary Nigerians struggle daily to survive, while many former public officials move from government office straight into politics with unbelievable financial capacity.

Nigeria cannot truly recover from what Buhari, Tinubu and APC did to this country until citizens begin asking hard questions without fear or tribal sentiments.

Some truths are uncomfortable, but silence has cost this country too much. How did these men become so rich in less than 3 years of serving as Inspector General of Police?

Ndubuisi Nicholas Ifedoro ✍🏻


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This is the main reason insecurity is difficult to stop in Nigeria, people are making lot of money from it especially top security and govt officials. Immediately most of them retire, they join major political parties, not as ordinary members but as members with vested interests💔😡

zoghys:
That's a brilliant and well articulated points but this is a country where we don't ask questions. You see an average guy who can't even afford lunch and all of a sudden he's a multi millionaire with no known job or business interest and all we say is the guy na yahoo and people seems cool with that and move on. Politics is Nigeria as been so monetized that a councillor who may not even be a school sat holder turns millionaire overnight with questions asked. Sincerely, I don't think things can get better if our mindset is remains which I don't see changing.

I prefer the rich guy with no "known job or business interest" than the typical rich Nigerian public servant with KNOWN salary/income that does not justify their wealth.

Any self employed person could be doing anything and has no income cap. But the salary earner whose salary for 35 years cannot buy a duplex in any major city cannot justifiably be wealthy.

Hedonisco:
I prefer the rich guy with no "known job or business interest" than the typical rich Nigerian public servant with KNOWN salary/income that does not justify their wealth.

Any self employed person could be doing anything and has no income cap. But the salary earner whose salary for 35 years cannot buy a duplex in any major city cannot justifiably be wealthy.

Both sets are bad for our image and prosperity of the country. Yahoo boys com ritualists are as bad as our politithiefians who keeps looting our common patrimony with reckless abandon.

zoghys:
Both sets are bad for our image and prosperity of the country. Yahoo boys com ritualists are as bad as our politithiefians who keeps looting our common patrimony with reckless abandon.

Yeah, but the fact that you don't know a person's source of income does not automatically make them yahoo boys or ritualists. That's the point. There are many ways to make money intelligently that doesn't have to be "visible" or known to busybodies. So rather focus on the people whose jobs and income is known, which makes it automatically impossible for them to be legitimately wealthy.

One of these retired IGP gave a billion naira each to every local government in his state for mobilization. The governor of his state announced in a private meeting with all gubernatorial aspirants that he'd only give the APC ticket to anyone who can come up with 10 billion naira. Only the retired IGP agreed to come up with the money. Nigeria is a crime scene and that's all it has ever been.

Hedonisco:
Yeah, but the fact that you don't know a person's source of income does not automatically make them yahoo boys or ritualists. That's the point. There are many ways to make money intelligently that doesn't have to be "visible" or known to busybodies. So rather focus on the people whose jobs and income is known, which makes it automatically impossible for them to be legitimately wealthy.

I specifically mentioned Yahoo boys cum ritualists. Some work right from home and doesn't mean they are any or all of the aforementioned.

Big Nyansh Alkali

Honestly everything turned upside down since emergence of APC. Corruption of of any kind is not a crime as far as you are royal to the presidency . Under PDP nobody will talk or behave like Wike and still retained his post

Oga naa PVC we use in last election, nothing change. This is Africa let's stop deceiving ourselves.

WhizdomXX:
Get your PVC and you'll know how. cvr.inecnigeria.org

enemyofprogress:
a thief in the making spotted

Mr morality, how is your gigolo job going.
https://www.nairaland.com/8679154/what-use-handle-bed#139529014?
Going after people's wives in the name of sugar mommy, Weldon. You are worst than the people you criticise. Things only becomes corruption to Nigerians when they are not benefiting

Terrifically speaking.

osuofia2:
Mr morality, how is your gigolo job going.
https://www.nairaland.com/8679154/what-use-handle-bed#139529014?
Going after people's wives in the name of sugar mommy, Weldon. You are worst than the people you criticise. Things only becomes corruption to Nigerians when they are not benefiting

a looter in the making talking.

enemyofprogress:
a looter in the making talking.

Gigogolo, go get a job

osuofia2:
Gigogolo, go get a job

gigolo is better than stealing people's futures.