OsbornGate: Buhari As Corrupt As Abacha, Claims Lamido

Lamido, who was reacting to the controversial $43 million Osborn cash, wondered why the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) would discover such huge sum and not be able to track the owners.

The former foreign affairs minister also said that President Buhari cannot suddenly wash himself clean overnight as he was “equally corrupt when he served under the late Head of State Sani Abacha.”

Lamido said this while speaking with the BBC Hausa Service yesterday.

“He (Buhari) worked under Abacha; in fact he was the closest to the late military ruler and when it comes to corruption, everybody knows where Abacha’s government stands,” Lamido said.

“Buhari is just making noise; there’s no iota of truth in the so-called commitment to the improvement of security and halting graft in the country.

“It’s unthinkable to say that the EFCC had discovered huge monies (nearly N15 billion) in a building (Osborne Towers) in Lagos but could not track the real owner; who leaked the story? Who did the source say is the owner of the find?

“No reasonable person will believe that there is no safe for the NIA (which claimed ownership) to keep its money but a private residence in Lagos; those in position of authority should always have the courage to tell the led the truth because leadership is sacred,” he said.