What happened in the United States essentially found Atiku guilty of corruption and money laundering and Mr. Atiku would have been sent to jail if he was an American citizen. It is therefore shameful and sad that Atiku now regard himself as clean and above board because he has never been brought to book in Nigeria. Being a Nigerian citizen and living in a corruption-riddled nation where, as General Diya once put it, everybody is a thief, only those who got caught are barawos allows a dishonest man like delude himself and deceive himself. When Atiku said there has been no administration that tackled corruption in Nigeria better than our administration you must wonder why he was not brought to book just by using the report prepared by the US Senate Committee and why the then EFCC failed to hold him accountable for the hundreds of millions of dollars of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) that disappeared. Being frugal with the truth is a mastery the likes of Atiku Abubakar have acquired and they so have been able to get away a lot with the help of some media men and editors who are on their payroll and are benefitting from him financially. Most Nigerian newspaper editors today do more disservice to the nation and its people in their quest to banish hunger in their own lives, and this is a shame. But the majority of our people cannot be deceived and are of one mind that any politician who is excessively rich beyond his wages and clean, decent venture, who is living large, and who has not earned billions in wages or investment income is nothing but a thief and a criminal who must not be trusted with the nations treasury, particularly a politician who has been fairly close to that treasury and made little or no positive impact beside impacting his own life through endless funds transfers to his mistress in the United States over several years. My conclusion is very much the same as it was in 2010: Atiku Abubakar, the self-styled shepherd and farm boy is not worthy to be the president of Nigeria or any part of it. Rather, it will be in Atikus best interest to rally round and support Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari is the only presidential candidate who is disciplined, has a good reputation, and a clean and decent record. Babs Ajayi
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 09:54:44 +0000