Buhari Opens Up On ‘Two Nigerians Found Honourable’ During His Military Rule

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said that only two Nigerians were found honourable during the trial of public office holders during his military rule.

Speaking during a town-hall meeting with Nigerians
in Dubai, United Arab Emirates(UAE), the President who recalled how he
sent President Shehu Shagari and other top government officials to
prison over corruption, said Bilyaminu Usman, a junior minister, from
Jigawa State, and Adamu Chiroma, a minister of finance and governor of
central bank were the two Nigerians found honourable by the panels that
investigated politicians.

Buhari was responding to a question by
a Nigerian based in Dubai had asked the president: ” What are you doing
to bring treasury looters to justice ? Your boss, your subordinates
and others. Many are saying the president can only bark, he can’t bite.
When are you going to bite like lion?

The president who was in Dubai for the ninth edition of Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) of the UAE, responded by saying:

”
I have once ruled this country, some of you know that once upon a time I
came in uniform and what I did was to arrest from the president
downward. The president, Vice President, the governor’s and ministers,
other than the president and the Vice President, the others, I put them
in Kiri-Kiri, and I told them they are guilty until they can prove
themselves innocent.

” And you know subsequently what happened-
we set up about six tribunals base on the geopolitical zones, and those
who were ministers and governors were asked to justify what they have in
the banks and physical on the ground relative to their legitimate
earnings.

” There were only two Nigerians then to my knowledge
who were found to be very honourable, both of them are dead now:
Bilyaminu Usman, a junior minister, from Jigawa State, and Adamu
Chiroma, a minister of finance and governor of central bank. They were
incredible Nigerians.

Buhari served as the nation’s head of state
from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, after taking power in a
military coup d’état. Buhari justified the military’s seizure of power
by castigating the civilian government as hopelessly corrupt and
promptly suspended Nigeria’s 1979 Constitution. In 20 months as Head of
State, about 500 politicians, officials and businessmen were jailed for
corruption during his stewardship.

Source:- Dailytrustng