By SOLOMON ADEBAYO*
Muhammadu Buhari, who ruled Nigeria as military head of state (1984–85) and civilian president (2015–2023), was reported dead in a London hospital on Sunday, July 13, 2025. He came in as “Mr Integrity” but ran one of the most corrupt governments in Nigeria’s history.
In 2015, Nigeria had the fastest-growing economy in Africa but the nation practically became a beggar nation when Buhari left office.
The current Senate president, Godswill Akpabio, was accused of stealing 108 billion naira from Akwa Ibom state by the EFCC but instead of “Mr Integrity” to allow his EFCC to prosecute him, he appointed him as the minister of Niger Delta.
His cousin and minister of aviation borrowed an aircraft from Ethiopia Airlines and repainted it as Nigeria Air to steal billions of naira; he was never investigated or sacked under Buhari.
The CBN governor under him practically looted the Central Bank’s vaults and turned the CBN into an ATM for Buhari’s family members and close associates. The CBN governor even had the audacity to start contesting for president under Buhari as he looked on.
The minister of humanitarian affairs under Buhari reportedly stole hundreds of billions of naira claiming that she fed school children and went away.
Hadiza Usman who had zero knowledge of how to run a port was appointed as the MD of Nigeria Ports Authority by Buhari. Hadiza was accused of stealing billions of naira and a committee was set up to probe her. The report of the committee did not see the light of day until the end of the Buhari government.
The same Hadiza Usman is a key player today in Tinubu’s government.
No single APC former governor or minister investigated by the EFCC was prosecuted under Buhari. He appointed all of them into public office and turned the EFCC into attack dogs of internet fraudsters.
For eight years, he wasted millions of pounds on junketing to the UK to treat an undisclosed illness. For eight years, he did not build or upgrade any hospital in Nigeria where he could be receiving treatment.
Buhari is about the only president who appointed the most incompetent people into public office. His only yardstick for appointments were tribe and religion.
Nigeria has never been divided along tribal and religious lines under any leader as it was under Buhari.
Buhari also had the blood of thousands of Nigerians on his hands by his support for Islamic terrorists that killed over 40,000 people.
Buhari was the only president in the world who rehabilitated, reintegrated and was even paying allowances to Islamic terrorists who killed, raped innocent school children to death. instead of prosecuting them for murder, Buhari rehabilitated and released the animals called Boko Haram back into the society to continue killng.
What about his kinsmen, the Fulani terrorists? They killed and raped villagers and farmers and Buhari as president did not raise a finger. Fulani Terrrists razed many villages in Benue State and not a single one of them was ever arrested and prosecuted. Buhari had the audacity of wickedness to tell Benue people to learn how to live with those who are killing and raping them every day. He even started a devilish programme called RUGA to take people’s land for his Fulani terrorist kinsmen. His brother Nasir el-Rufai also used Kaduna State’s funds as governor to pay ransom to killer Fulani terrorists instead of arresting and prosecuting them.
While he was daily rehabilitating and re-integrating Boko Haram terrorists that killed thousands and raped hundreds of people, he sent his goons to go and kidnap Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya and charged him with terrorism; he also sent his gunmen to go and invade Sunday Ighoho’s house in Ibadan.
All the promises Buhari made in 2015 turned out to be scams.
These are just a drop in the ocean of corruption under Buhari because, as usual, Tinubu who was a principal actor in the looting of Nigeria under him is now president and covered everything up.
And some clowns will not want people to talk about these things because they don’t want to talk ill about the dead. Nobody is speaking ill of the dead but the dead must be held accountable for their deeds when they were alive. As the saying goes, The EVIL THAT MEN DO LIVES AFTER THEM.
NB: I’m hoping and praying that anyone can point out a single thing I wrote above that is a lie.
*Adebayo published this opinion on Facebook.
