‘NO GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN AS CORRUPT AS BUHARI’S’ — DATTI BABA-AHMED
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By: Fasasi Hammad
Former Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has described the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari as the most corrupt government in Nigeria’s history.
Baba-Ahmed made the claim while speaking on MIC On Podcast With Seun Okinbaloye, where he was asked to assess President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies, including the removal of fuel subsidy and the unification of the foreign exchange market.
He argued that no economic policy, regardless of how well designed, could succeed if corruption remained deeply rooted in government.
“Whatever policy, however beautiful it is you bring, that is laced with corruption, it will never work,” Baba-Ahmed said.
He attributed what he described as Buhari’s failure in office largely to corruption, while acknowledging the former president’s death.
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“Why did Buhari fail so spectacularly? It’s because of corruption, I’m sorry. May his soul be rest in peace. All of us are on that journey, and we’ll go and account for what we did,” he said.
Baba-Ahmed further criticised the Buhari administration, alleging that it was both corrupt and immoral.
“There has never been a corrupt government like Buhari’s government, and immoral government like Buhari’s government,” he said.
He also linked his criticism of the former administration to the 2023 presidential election, accusing Buhari of failing to fulfil his promise to conduct a free and credible election.
According to Baba-Ahmed, the handling of the electronic transmission and collation of results during the election fell short of the expectations created by the former president’s promises.
He alleged that the electronic results viewing platform was switched off on election day, forcing officials to resort to manual recording of results.
“Late Baba Buhari of blessed memory was promising the whole world this election would be credible. On Saturday, they switched off IREV, and they were writing the results by hand, and they violated the constitution,” he alleged.
On Tinubu’s economic policies, Baba-Ahmed said the current administration could face similar challenges if corruption was allowed to undermine its reforms.
“So, to answer your question, whatever policies you bring, so long as there is corruption, you are wasting your time, and that is exactly what happened,” he said.
Baba-Ahmed was the running mate to Peter Obi on the Labour Party platform during the 2023 presidential election, in which they finished third behind Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party.
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