Festus Keyamo, the APC presidential campaign spokesman for
the 2023 general elections, has given his principal, President Muhammadu
Buhari, a pat on the back and absolved him of failing to tackle official
corruption in his regime.
“Did you hear of the corruption in the oil sector with
Deziani and her allies? No. It was the next government that brought them out.
This is a government purging itself, purging its officials of corruption. That
is kudos to the government,” argued Mr Keyamo on Trust TV Monday night while
responding to Daniel Bwala, spokesman for Atiku Abubakar’s presidential
campaign organisation.
Mr Bwala highlighted Mr Buhari’s failure to tackle
corruption, economic crises and insecurity. But Mr Keyamo pointed out that “the
fact that these tales of corruption are coming out is the fact that the
government is fighting itself, ownself.”
He reasoned, “It is fighting corruption within the system.
If (the) government were not to be fighting corruption, you would not hear of
this.”
Mr Keyamo asked, “During Jonathan’s time did you hear of
corruption in the security sector? No. It was the next government that brought
them out.”
Though Mr Buhari claims to be leading an anti-corruption
war, his regime has been rocked by several corruption scandals, ranging from
certificate forgery among his aides to theft, diversion of public funds and how
recently, Mr Buhari’s aide Bashir Ahmad continued to draw salaries illegally
for months after resigning.
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