You Can’t Use Corruption To Fight Corruption – Lawyer Blasts Buhari
Inibehe Effiong, one of the lawyers calling for the release of Omoyele Soworefrom custody has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari as insensitive to the plight of Nigerians.
He accused him of failure to listen to the cries of Nigerians “despite using taxpayers money to treat ear infection abroad.”
He said this in reaction to the arrest and detention of Sowore by the Department of State Services (DSS), over his call for the #RevolutionNow protest. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting on corruption organised by ActionAid Nigeria in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state capital, on Thursday, Effiong accused President Buhari of failing to fulfill his electoral promise of stopping medical tourism abroad, particularly by public officeholders.
“The worst disease affecting our nation today is corruption But the good news is that this disease is not incurable,” he said.
“Today, we have a president, who as part of his election campaign, made a promise to Nigerians that the era of going overseas for medical treatment will be over. Unfortunately today, the president is on record for going to the UK to treat an infection. “Despite using Nigeria tax payers’ money to treat ear infection, the president is not hearing the cries of the people.
“The government, as part of the election-winning strategy, claimed that it was sharing $322.5 million of Abacha loot to Nigerians. I don’t know how they define poor Nigerians.
“You know what worries me most, when the government said they were sharing Abacha loot to poor Nigerians, up till today, the list of beneficiaries have not been disclosed. You cannot use corruption to fight corruption.” The DSS on Thursday secured a court order to keep Sowore in detention for 45 days following his arrest on Saturday over a planned nationwide protest.
The DSS had requested for 90 days to keep him in detention pending the outcome of its investigation but a federal high court in Abuja subsequently approved 45 days.
