“We shall strongly battle another form of evil that is even worse than terrorism – the evil of corruption.” Nigeria Buhari Corruption
. Campaigns heightened with many positing that with candidate Buhari in the contest, a Daniel had come to judgment.
Then there is the unresolved riddle of the disappearance, reappearance, double promotion, and disappearance of former chairman, Presidential Task Force on Pension Reform, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina. He had been dismissed from the civil service in 2013 and declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for corruption before Buhari assumed office.
Another of Buhari’s miscalculations in the thinking of many was the appointment of the now sacked Director-General of Department of State Services , Mr. Lawal Musa Daura, who was appointed the sixth head of the secret police on July 2, 2015. Specifically, Daura, who is from President Buhari’s hometown, Daura, Katsina State, had served as state director of the service in Edo, Imo, Kano, Lagos, Osun, and the Sokoto States.
Aisha had earlier in the administration suggested that a cabal had hijacked the Buhari presidency and prevented her husband from following through with the ‘change’ agenda of the All Progressives Congress . President Buhari, however, tried to deflect the bombshell by joking in an interview , that his wife should be discountenanced for venturing outside her place in “the other room.”
Recall also that the First Lady had publicly upbraided the then Chief Medical Director of the State House Medical Centre, Dr. Husain Munir, for the poor state of the facility established to take care of the president, vice president, their families as well as members of staff of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
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