Those Closest to Buhari Are Perpetrating Corruption – Onaiyekan

– Onaiyekan warns Buhari against gagging judiciary.

– He alleges that those closest to President Buhari perpetrating corruption.

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan on Sunday said that rigging of an election was worse than stealing billions of money that belong to the people.

The Archbishop also appealed to the President Muhammadu Buhari to make sure his administration refrain from controlling the judiciary so as to allow justices, judges the free hand to carry out their constitutional duties without unnecessary pressure from the government.

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Speaking on recent killings in an interview with Good Shepherd, a Catholic Newspaper published by the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja on the sideline of the 2019 Cathedraticum Mass of the Bwari Deanary at St. James Dawaki, Onaiyekan further lamented about the sad events.

In his assessment of anti-corruption crusade of the ruling government, the Archbishop, who alleged that corruption was even being perpetrated by those closest to the President, added that corruption goes beyond stealing of money.

“It is not what I think (that the present government has fought corruption to a standstill); it is what everybody sees around us all the time. Everybody agrees now that right under the nose of Mr. President, stealing is still going on.

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He also alleged that the press is not allowed to report freely as they used to under the regime of former president Goodluck Jonathan.

“But in my opinion, corruption is not only a matter of stealing money, but there are also other things that are worse than stealing money. If a government is not sincere in the things it says to the people, that is gross corruption.

“Rigging election by whatever means is even worse than stealing billions because in the rigging of elections, you steal my vote which has no monetary value; even the complaints that people are having about biased systems of appointment of key officers.

“If you have a situation in Nigeria where Mr. President doesn’t see anybody competent except those who are from his village or religion, then that is gross corruption,” he added.

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