The Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has stated that Nigerians witnessed the worst period of corruption under President Muhammadu Buhari’s government.
He mentioned this on Monday during a keynote speech at the 60th call to bar anniversary celebration of legal hero Aare Afe Babalola in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State’s capital.
Bishop Kukah said that, while corruption did not begin with Buhari, the previous administration magnified it in moral, financial, and other ways.
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He said: “We have seen the worst phase of corruption in Nigeria, Femi Falana, my friend here will speak about that because he has published a series of articles talking about what happened under the Buhari administration.
“They were not the ones who caused corruption but I think in the last administration, we saw the ugliest phase of corruption whether in moral terms, financial terms and other terms.”
He stated that no one is happy about being a Nigerian anymore, even if they are President or Senators, because the country is being held captive by those who threaten the very existence of our democracy and country.
Kukah acknowledged that many Nigerians have lost faith in the judiciary, but he said that the judiciary, like every other institution in Nigeria, is in crisis.
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He remarked that Nigeria should not yet presume that it is a democracy, but rather that it is on its way to becoming one, which involves reconstructing Nigeria “after the kind of mess the previous administration left the country.”
The Bishop stated that it is time to reconstruct the country, and that regardless of what occurs in the Supreme Court over the election, Nigerians have left the “ugly past” behind them.
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