Why Buhari Cannot Fight Corruption

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It is unfortunate that , the government that claim to eradicate corruption from the country  is in booted in to power with a stolen fund.  various finding both locally and internally has shown part of the fund used to sponsor APC presidential campaign come from a questionable source. The kind of personalities that aid and abet the current administration during electioneering  are undoubtedly corrupt individuals and undisputedly, their financial contribution are undoubted from dubious sources.
 The personalities and parastatals heading the present government are active part of the alleged PDP 16 years of misrule, this individuals are undoubtedly corrupt and they must  be probed and jailed if found guilty to  shows that the anti-graft war is fair, non-selective and not anti-opposition or to atleast  give hope   to Nigerians that the deadly foe ( corruption) will be crushed.
  This  why the anti-corruption probe done by the economic and financial crime commission over alleged diversion of arms fund to fund PDP  presidential campaign in 2015 general election  and other selected issues is seen as selective and politically motivated.
 The inability of the current government to address the above issue gave the impression that the anti-corruption war is  not fought with one heart,   and many sees it as a vendetta mission and attempt  to silence the  opposition.

  The Buhari style of the anti-corruption fight and the rumors surrounding  the APC campaign fund earned Nigeria the title “ fantastically corrupt ”  , 

So how can someone who is sponsored by corrupt individual fight corruption decisively, “he who pays the piper calls the tune.”

Amaechi Corruption Profile and How He Corruptly Sponsor Buhari's Campaign

Amaechi corruption profile: how he diverted 0.864 Trillion from 2007 to 2015

The former governor of rivers state and he incumbent minister of transport and aviation  right honorable rotimi amaechi is alleged to be one f the most corrupt minister in the president muhammad buhari cabinet.  This is not far fetch from the fact that e is found in several corruption scandal. Below are some of the fraud he is alleged to be part of it.

·       N70 billion corruptionscandal “the group in a statement issued in port harcourt, on sunday, january 31, by its coordinator, livingstone wechie, alleged that amaechi, who was the former governor of rivers state embezzled over n70 billion naira generated from secret sales of state owned assets under his watch as governor. “the credibility of mr president’s war on corruption through the efcc and icpc is in the balance, and will continually suffer grave casualty as long as the likes of rotimi amaechi and others with the cloak of corruption, who put rivers state for sale with impunity, continue to boast and walk freely under federal covers to the dismay of the world. “it is therefore on this premise that we totally agree with the representations made by the rivers state commissioner of information, dr. Austin tam-george, that the rivers state government should recover stolen funds and fight corruption at all levels,” naij.com

·       N5 billion released to him at port harcourt airport  by the presidency to fund the river state rerun election against mr. Nyeson wike, “information available to the trent reveals that officials of the presidency have just landed in a private jet at the port harcourt international airport with n5 billion cash for the purpose of funding the re-run elections in rivers for saturday, march 19, 2016.” “present at the airport, our source tells us, are about 8:30 pm on friday, march 18, 2016 are the babachir david lawal, secretary to the federal government and minister of transport and former governor of rivers state, rotimi amaechi.”  -the trent

·       Judith amaechi, wife to the incumbent minister of of transport of former governor of river state in a multi-billion naira fraud. “the petition detailed the various financial dealings of mrs amaechi and how aided by her husband, she had looted the rivers state treasury of billions of naira.” Naija247news

·       Alleged n40 billion naira spent on buhari’s campaign “fresh findings have revealed that chibuike amaechi, the immediate past governor of rivers state and current minister of transport, allegedly acquired and diverted not less than n40 billion of the state funds into the presidential campaign of the all progressives congress (apc)”.
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·       N864 billion misappropriated from 2007 to 2011 by rotimi amaechi led state government read more

·       Amaechi in n142 billion fraud. “amaechi is alleged to have misappropriated n40 billion of state funds into buhari's presidential campaign, with reports indicating that he had paid for media, consultants and private jets.”  News24

·       Efcc invited amaechi over N20 billion naira fraud

·       Uk newpaper dailymail alleged amaechi stole n142 billion naira “the paper says that while the nigerian leader is seen as leading the fight against graft, some shocking accusations swirl around one of his close friends. Nigeria’s transport minister and former governor of rivers state, Rotimi amaechi, is said to have bankrolled Buhari’s presidential campaign.” Naij.com

·       Amaechi looted $757 million  to fund buharis campaign “findings from our investigative reports revealed that rotimi dug deep into rivers state coffers and doled out piecemeal  a whopping $757 million   part of which was used to fund buhari's campaign and every hue and cry that has been raised so far to have rotimi amaechi investigated in spite of the glaring evidence against him tendered by the rivers state government has fallen on deaf ears.” Dailyglobewatch

·       Minister of transport and aviation  and a close associate of president buhari in a 500 million euro fraud allegation “s nigerian leader's pal 'fantastically corrupt'? Friend of african president accused of stealing £500million dailymail

·       panel f inquiry in river state indict  mr. Rotimi amaechi over n52 billion  fraud ““refund of proceeds by rotimi amaechi, chamberlain peterside, and augustine nwokocha. In furtherance of this findings that the sale of the four gas turbines was unjustifiable and against the interest of the government and people of rivers state.“the commission recommends that the former governor of rivers state, rt. Hon. Rotimi amaechi, along with his former commissioners for finance and power , dr. Chamberlain peterside and augustine nwokocha, respectively, should be held to account for their roles in the sales of the power generation assets of first independent power limited and the disbursement of the proceeds there from. “government accepts this recommendation and directs the office of the honorable attorney-general and commissioner for justice, to promptly set in motion the appropriate machinery for the recovery of the proceeds of the sale of the gas turbines from the former governor, rotimi amaechi, and every other persons implicated in the commission’s report,” channelstv

The Corruption Profile Of Diezani Alison Madueke- Ex-Oil Minister

The former protroleum minister of the federal republic of Nigeria mrs.  Diezani Alison maduekwe  is alledged to be the most  corrupt minister ever produced in the Nigeria “The First Nigerian Woman To Steal over 13 Billion Pounds” gistrepublic.com

, several  oil fund got missing under her watch, the following are some of the alleged dealing as the Nigerian oil minister.

·        She was nabbed in london with whooping sum of N3.9 Trillion in her bid to buy a real estate. “According to THE Sun UK, Diezani was apparently nabbed while she was looking at buying a massively expensive apartment at one Hyde park, with 13 billion pounds, an equivalent of over 3 trillion naira. Naij.com

·        She refunded th sum of $90 billion dollars,  this just part of what she stole as an oil minister, wonder she want  do with such money.   “Wonders shall never end! In reference to the CNN report that the former Minister has made a refund of $90B already, how much is Dangote worth? As at today Dangote is worth $14.7B and the 67th in the world while Bill Gates was the 2nd with $ 79.2 on the Forbes list.” Zubbyblog

·        $20 billion got missiong under her watch as a petroleum minister “ontroversy over the alleged missing money started September 2013 after Mr. Sanusi sent a memo to President Jonathan, alleging that the NNPC was diverting oil revenues for at least 18 months, amounting to $49.8 billion, about N8 trillion. Despite data and documentation provided by the CBN governor, the government denied losing any money. At an investigative hearing by the Senate Finance committee in 2014, Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala said the un-reconciled amount stood at “only” $10.8 billion. The government later claimed the $10.8 billion was used for payment of fuel subsidies. Mr. Sanusi himself later reviewed his figure to $20 billion, shortly before he was fired by the president.
The government pledged that an independent audit by pwc will be ready by May 2014. That promise has yet to be fully kept.” Premium times

·        EFCC Displays Seized House Worth $18m Belonging to Diezani Alison-Madueke ““We have been able to take on a lot of big shots that were hitherto untouchable… in the military and political class. In the areas of convictions, we have made tremendous progress. We have recorded 164 convictions in just one year”.EFCC Seizes Diezani's Houses And Wristwatch Worth £600,000 frm diezan Alison maduekwe   “Besides, a wrist watch worth £600,000 and jewelry in gold and diamond have been confiscated from Mrs Alison-Madueke, a source said.”  “As part of the ongoing investigation of the arms deals, the EFCC yesterday froze an account with $500million. The owner of the account was not immediately known.The anti-graft commission has seized houses from a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.”Information Nigeria