Former military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd.), has said the scale of corruption in Nigeria today makes the military administrations of his era ‘saints’.
Babangida made the remark in an old interview with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) that has resurfaced online.
Reflecting on the level of accountability and fight against corruption during his time in government, the former military leader cited the dismissal of a military governor over N300,000 as an example of how corruption was treated under his administration.
According to him, the amount involved was considered serious enough to warrant the governor’s removal, contrasting it with what he described as the much larger sums involved in corruption cases today.
“We are not corrupt. I will proudly say it because what I read in the papers, if it is true, then I think I used to say we are saints,” Babangida said.
“I keep on giving an example. I sacked a governor for N300,000. Today, there are N300 billion, still not issued, not solved.”
In another development, GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said former President Olusegun Obasanjo lacks the electoral influence to determine the outcome of the 2027 presidential election.
Atiku stated this while speaking with journalists on Wednesday, amid reports that Obasanjo had declined to endorse his presidential ambition.
Responding to the former president’s position, Atiku said he was not concerned about whether Obasanjo endorsed him, recalling the role he said the northern electorate played in Obasanjo’s emergence as president in 1999. READ MORE
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