Former Governor of Old Kaduna State, Mallam Balarabe Musa has said that
Nigeria is today being led by thieves who have stolen the wealth of the
country with impunity.
Musa who spoke at his 77th Birthday event at his residence in kaduna
wondered why the Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah who is accused
of involvement in the N225 Million Bullet proof BMW cars is yet to be
prosecuted.
He accused President Goodluck Jonathan of Shielding her by traveling with
her and the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, to Israel.
According to him, “in today’s Nigeria we are led by thieves, except for a
few who are still honest”.
He noted that anybody who is a councillor or legislator, governor or
President ends up serving self and becoming the richest person in the
constituency that elected him.
“What I am saying is that the current President has the potentials of
becoming the richest person in Nigeria when he leaves office even if he is
the son of a grasscutter hunter.”
On the President traveling with the embattled Aviation Minister, Musa
noted “we believe that this was done to pave way for negotiations to take
place so that she can be left off the hook. Why should the President
travel with her and the NSA. Could he not have gone with another person?
Tafawa Balewa and other past leaders would not have done that.
“Why should the President of a country fighting corruption behave in such
a way to suggest a cover-up in this case involving Stella Oduah? Whoever
appears to cover up a corrupt person is himself corruptible. This is
suggestive of the fact that the government has practically insinuated that
the fight against corruption is a hoarse”.
The second republic governor however said that for the nation to get out
of its present predicament, leaders must learn to pursue public interest
rather than personal interest that has become the order of public service
in the country.
He said that rather than the system and leaders being based on public
interest, it is currently based on self-interest.