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| FEMI OKUROUNMU |
Okurounmu in an interview granted to SUN newspaper spoke about his expectations from Buhari government.
He said Nigeria’s leader would have a difficult time fighting corruption because his campaign was sponsored by some of the most corrupt Nigerians ever.
The senator said: ”I expect him to fulfill all the promises he made to us. I expect him to fight corruption; in fact that is the most important thing. Corruption is the greatest problem of this country. I think his greatest challenge is fighting corruption because in fighting corruption, those who would first of all put in jail are all those who supported him to get to power.”
He added that all those who surrounded President Buhari, who sponsored him, who carried him around are among the most corrupt in Nigeria.
“So, he would first of all send them to jail, not minding who they are. When he has done that, I am sure this country would be one of the best in the world. Then, he can feel free to send every corrupt person to jail and nobody will complain. But if we take the example of when Umaru Yar’Adua was in office and the people having dinner with him every night were the Iboris and Odilis; they were always having dinner with him at the State House and they were the most corrupt people of the Obasanjo regime,” Okurounmu stated.
According to him former president Olusegun Obasanjo had files on them but Obasanjo made them to fund Yar’Adua’s campaign and said they should go and drop their own ambition.
He said: “So, they funded Yar’Adua’s campaign and when he got there, he couldn’t do anything to them.
”That has always been the problem of every president because it is the corrupt people who get you there and when you get there and you want to fight corruption, it means you have to first of all get all those who got you there and that is the problem Buhari has now.
”If you want to fight corruption – I don’t want to name names but he must first of all get all those corrupt people who put him there.”
During the electoral campaign Muhammadu Buhari has promised to assemble a competent team to tackle the various problems opposing the nation. The fundamental issue facing this country is insecurity and the problem of the economy, which was being made worse by corruption. Buhari said tackling corruption is third on his agenda, after insecurity and unemployment.
It should be noted that signs recently emerge that Buhari plans to probe recent activities of some departments of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
