Oladimeji RamonA former governor of Kaduna State in the Second Republic, Balarabe Musa, says nobody can become the President of Nigeria without first being a thief or supported by thieves. Since the end of the Second Republic, how has it been possible in Nigeria to have a political leadership which is not made up of thieves? “For example, how can you win on the basis of the Nigerian laws and the Nigerian culture; how can you be a Nigerian President without being a thief first? “I gave you the example of the President; nobody can be a President of Nigeria unless he is a thief or supported by thieves. How can you acquire these billions?”According to Musa, the situation was not so before the Second Republic, recalling that “(Shehu) Shagari became the President of Nigeria without being a thief.”Copyright PUNCH.

Source: Punch April 16, 2018 00:00 UTC