£250 million given by Britain to the Nigerian president with five homes who sends his daughter to a £26,000-a-year English school |
A leading United Kingdom-based news paper, the Daily Mail has shredded General Muhammadu Buhari's anti-corruption credentials. This is coming as Buhari is expected to visit the UK for an anti corruption summit this week. Mail on Sunday tagged Buhari a "self-proclaimed 'peoples president" describing him as hypocritical because his tries to present the appearance of an austere politician in the public, while secretly his family lives ostentatious lifestyle.
Read the Mail's full report below.
The presence of Nigeria’s president at David Cameron’s anti-corruption summit this week may surprise many in his nation – which receives vast amounts of UK aid.
Self-proclaimed ‘People’s President’ Muhammadu Buhari began a war on corruption after taking power last year, but critics allege it is a political witch-hunt.
The Government is giving nearly £250 million in the coming year to oil-rich Nigeria, whose president sends his daughter to a £26,000-a-year English school.
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And a Nigerian newspaper claimed Mr Buhari has spent £150,000 on educating his daughter Zahra, a Surrey University student.
The president is reported to have failed to give a full account of his worth, but even his partial admission included more than £1million in the bank, five houses and two plots of land.
Supporters say 49 arrests of members of the previous regime show the anti-corruption war is genuine, but opponents say it is politically driven.
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Nigeria has the highest-paid government officials in the world but is one of the largest beneficiaries of UK foreign aid.
The president of its senate, Bukola Saraki, is due to face trial on corruption charges after it emerged he has a £6million London property in his wife’s name.
The Nigerian Embassy did not comment.
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