The Presidency declared on Wednesday that President Muhammadu Buhari was perplexed by the high-level corruption that is still prevalent in the nation despite his administration’s attempts to combat the sickness.
It did, however, point out that the President was above scandal and didn’t have any accounts with shady money anywhere in the world.
In an interview yesterday on Channels Television’s morning show Sunrise Daily, Garba Shehu, Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, stated: “If you ask the President this question, (why corruption is still rife in the country), he will equally tell you he is baffled by the fact that people, who otherwise would have been in jail are riding their Rolls-Royce and their aircraft, roaming around.
“However, the moment the President or the Executive arm takes these cases to court, his job is done. And it is up to the court to determine whether one is guilty or not.
According to him, under the Buhari government, the highest officials in the nation’s parliament and judiciary have been prosecuted on corruption-related matters.
“The third highest person in the Executive arm of government is still undergoing trial,” he said.
Shehu also noted that his principal, President Buhari, was above scandal and had no bank account stashed with proceeds of corruption, and therefore, fears no scandal or prosecution after office, insisting “the President is still what he is; he is still above board.
“As his spokesperson, I go to bed, I sleep soundly convinced that nobody, whether from Nigeria or outside the country, can call me to say we have discovered this bank account and your boss has these huge millions. That’s not Buhari; he is well above scandal and that is how it will end,” Shehu said.
