It is no longer news that President Buhari’s integrity has proven a hoax.It was never about wanting to change Nigeria for the better,it was about wanting power and its attendant benefits like those before him.Below are 5 cases we may never see in court.

DIEZANI ALLISON MADUEKE HAS NOT BEEN EXTRADITED DESPITE WHAT MAGU HAS BEEN SAYING SINCE 2017

Former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison Madueke is widely reputed to be the most corrupt minister ever in the history of this country.What this woman and her cronies are accused of stealing from the national coffers is enough to fund two annual budgets; perhaps that is why they are still free.

It is being whispered in some quarters that Diezani is the worst victim of an extortion racket at the highest levels of Aso Rock that exploits corrupt politicians scared of prosecution.They make cash readily available to whomever they are asked to to avoid being punished and the Buhari administration’s blatant reluctance to bring her back home is a pointer to the existence of such a dubious scheme.

First,the UK promised it was going to prosecute her then they kept mute and ever since,there has been one story every year from the EFCC.In 2017, Magu said there were ongoing plans to extradite her.He repeated the same statement a year and 2 months later in 2018 and in 2019, we saw a change in strategy; one that involved raiding one of her houses and parading $40M worth of jewelleries.I remember saying then that judging from how a whole UK was made to back off her trail, they may have gotten the woman to buy and have jewelleries planted for them to recover for the optics.

Whether or not, the story of her being a Dominican diplomat is genuine,it cannot shield her from crimes perpetrated as a minister in Nigeria.Its 2020 and Diezani is still yet to extradited to face charges and the EFCC still hasn’t gone beyond telling us ‘there are ongoing plans’.Maybe Buhari can tell us why.

THE OBASANJO $16BN POWER PROBE HAS SUDDENLY GONE COLD

A former director at the Ministry of Petroleum has been made the official scapegoat for the controversial P&ID gas contract that led to a $9bn compensation awarded against this country.People expected the EFCC to tow that path since it arrested some never-before-heard names with regard to how $16bn was spent on power under former President, Olusegun Obasanjo.

There has been no news ever since.Not on what the arrested persons said or on more people being picked up.Not the Ministers and not the big fish himself, OBJ.

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