In this piece ENIOLA AKINKUOTU X-rays President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war amid allegations of bias
“I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody,” this was the nine-worded phrase uttered around 11am on May 29, 2015 by the newly inaugurated President Muhammadu Buhari shortly after being sworn-in as the leader of the largest black nation on the planet Earth.
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The phrase, though plagiarised from French President, Charles de Gaulle’s 1958 speech, resonated among many Nigerians but later developments began to raise concerns regarding the propriety and intention of the President’s anti-graft war.
Now limited by a constitution, a National Assembly with oversight functions and a slow-paced judiciary, Nigerians already knew that the President would not be able to fight corruption the…
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