‘Bringing Buhari Back to Power Was Nigeria’s Worst Mistake’ – Sam Amadi

 Political analyst and Director of the Abuja School of Social
and Political Thought, Dr. Sam Amadi, has described late former President
Muhammadu Buhari’s return to office in 2015 as “the worst thing” that happened
to Nigeria.

 

Amadi made the remark in a post on his X handle on Saturday
while reacting to reports detailing ongoing corruption investigations and
prosecutions involving several former senior government officials who served
under the Buhari administration.

“Probably the worst thing done to this country is to bring
Buhari to power again. All who participated in that tragedy should at least say
‘I am sorry’,” he wrote.

His comment followed reports highlighting ongoing
investigations, prosecutions and asset forfeiture proceedings involving former
public officials, including ex-Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin
Emefiele, former Attorney-General of the Federation Abubakar Malami, former
Accountant-General of the Federation Ahmed Idris, former Aviation Minister Hadi
Sirika, former Minister of Power Saleh Mamman, and former Kogi State Governor
Yahaya Bello.

The cases, which are being handled by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, involve allegations of corruption, money
laundering, contract fraud and diversion of public funds running into hundreds
of billions of naira.

While some of the accused persons are still standing trial,
others have denied the allegations, and the matters remain before the courts.

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