Inibehe Effiong, one of the
lawyers advocating the release of Omoyele Sowore from custody of the Department
of State Services (DSS), says “despite using taxpayers money to treat ear
infection abroad”, President Muhammadu Buhari does not listen to the cries of
the people.
In 2016, the presidency had
announced that Buhari would proceed on a 10-day vacation to the United Kingdom
to seek medical attention for “persistent ear infection”.
Speaking at a stakeholders’
meeting on corruption organised by ActionAid Nigeria in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state
capital, on Thursday, Effiong criticised the president for backtracking on his
electoral promise of stopping medical tourism abroad.
“The worst disease affecting our
nation today is corruption But the good news is that this disease is not
incurable,” he said.
“Today, we have a president, who
as part of his election campaign, made a promise to Nigerian that the era of
going overseas for medical treatment will be over. Unfortunately today, the
president is on record for going to the UK to treat infection.
“Despite using Nigeria tax
payers’ money to treat ear infection, the president is not hearing the cries of
the people.
“The government, as part of
election winning strategy, claimed that it was sharing $322.5 million of Abacha
loot to Nigerians. I don’t know how they define poor Nigerians.
“You know what worries me most,
when the government said they were sharing Abacha loot to poor Nigerians, up
till today, the list of beneficiaries have not been disclosed. You cannot use
corruption to fight corruption.”
The DSS arrested Sowore on
Saturday over a planned nationwide protest.
The secret police had asked a
federal high court in Abuja to grant it 90 days to detain Sowore but the court
subsequently approved 45 days.
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