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“During his keynote speech at the 60th call to bar anniversary celebration of legal icon Aare Afe Babalola in Ado Ekiti, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, highlighted that Nigeria experienced its worst phase of corruption during the previous administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Kukah acknowledged that corruption did not originate under President Buhari’s leadership, but he emphasized that the administration amplified it both morally and financially.
Bishop Kukah said, “We have seen the worst phase of corruption in Nigeria. Femi Falana, my friend here, will speak about that because he has published a series of articles talking about what happened under the Buhari administration.
“They were not the ones who caused corruption but I think in the last administration, we saw the ugliest phase of corruption whether in moral terms, financial terms and other terms,” he said.
He regretted the current insecurity that has seen Nigeria sharing its sovereignty which is guaranteed in the constitution with bandits and other terrorists.
According to him, the country is literally being held hostage by people who threaten the very existence of its democracy.
Speaking further, Kukah said that a lot of Nigerians have lost faith in the judiciary.
He said that the Nigerian judiciary is a victim the same way every other institution in the country is suffering a crisis.
Kukah added that Nigeria should not yet assume that it is a democracy but instead assume that it is matching towards democracy, which means rebuilding Nigeria “after the kind of mess the last administration has left the country.”
According to him, it is time to rebuild the country as Nigerians have put the “ugly past” behind them, following the outcome of the 2023 general elections.