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THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN THIS GOVERNMENT: REAL OR SELECTIVE

President Muhammadu Buhari's selling point coming into the 2015 general elections was his would-be fight against corruption which many Nigerians said was Nigeria's biggest problem and which the international community also said was Nigeria's bane of development. His reelection in 2019 also echoed the same thing although many Nigerians were of course saying they had seen his true colours.

In this government's fight against corruption, so much has been witnessed. There have been several convictions of high profile politicians but only people not at the core of the government or those who do not share the same religion with the president. Many embarrassing cases have been swept under the carpet like those of the former secretary to the government of the federation, the reinclusion of a wanted former government official (who was answering for his crimes as ex pensions boss) in this government,  most recently the appointment of a former politician who was tried in court for wide spread corruption( when he was serving as a governor of an oil producing state) as a minister of petroleum in this government and that of a former governor who was caught on tape receiving bribe.

It brings to mind a lot of questions, is this fight against corruption selective? Is the president averse to people of other tribes and creeds? Is he going to keep denying his bias against people who do not share his religion and keep ignoring the crimes from people of his own part of the country as can be seen in the "inability" of his security officials to bring the killer Fulani herdsmen to book? All these and more Nigerians want answers to

We are not in bondage in Nigeria, He was elected (although by his people) to serve the people( Nigerians) and not his own selfish interests. Maybe it's high time he understood this.

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