Former President Muhammadu Buhari campaigned in 2014 on a promise to fight corruption headlong and bring it to its knees.
He claimed that he had a reputation as a no-nonsense leader with a hard stance against corruption during his military rule in the early 1980s. He also vowed to tackle corruption in Nigeria’s public sector, which was plagued by endemic graft and mismanagement.
However, since he assumed office in 2015, Buhari’s anti-corruption war has been marred by controversy and inconsistency.
While he took some bold steps to arrest and prosecute some high-profile suspects, such as Sambo Dasuki, he has also been accused of being complicit or indifferent to other major scandals that have rocked his administration. READ MORE
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