Fighting Corruption: Or the United States Prediction?

By

Murtala Bala Habu

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

murtala_habu@lycos.com

 

Preamble

Time moves too fast for national leaders particularly the Olusegun Obasanjo administration to remember on a continuing basis that the United States government declared or better predicted Nigeria would kaput in 15 years. Whether present administration and rest of Nigerians took such prediction very seriously for the national collective goodness or for the United States interests must be visited on a constant basis for wise counseling, even if its for her interests and, use for Nigeria benefits.

Evenly, modern democracy that Nigerians found richly without cautionary implementation shall be the root cause of Nigeria incapacitation should present administration through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), etc continue to prosecute without ethically visiting the federal constitutions carefully. You made the constitutions and must follow the constitutions rightly even in time of wrongly! Federal constitutions amendment comes with prejudice with all sort of clauses as the ‘immunity clause’ to protecting those who are looting national, state and local treasuries to Great Britain, United States, etc. For those who recommended such clause into the constitutions are not fit to be recommending additional risky amendments from now or if they are to, it must be in public display for reviews. What made the ranking members better from the unranking members (ordinary citizens) should s/he commit a crime should be prosecuted while the ranking members are set free?

Domestic Foreign Slaves

Since the inception of the modern democracy in May 1999, we are witnessing how top public servants using most of the so-called clauses provided to them to be domestic foreign slaves. Domestic foreign slavery is when public servants in megalomaniac enriching other nations without need for by transferring their ill-gutted riches drying up the very birth place treasuries that made them where and what they are. As the case with prominent looters at least in the wrongful eyes of Nigerians---Joshua Dariye of Plateau and of recent--Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa States who were indicted for money laundering in Great Britain. Unfortunately they escaped the rope of the British Judicial System for the mean time; Alamieyeseigha shamefully dressed or disguised as a woman now enjoying the Rented Immunity Clause. Is rented because when Alamieyeseigha and others who are wanted by the authority are no longer in offices come 2007, where will they be hiding to lavish the illicit wealth? Are they not boarding to the west or other nations as usual for investment and leisure when they have not created opportunities at home?

Ideology of Deontologists

The irony of the issue to imagination is that, is the president who is pursuing corruption practices charges very selective in its bid to reduce or eradicate corruption in Nigeria? Or is the presidency morally attempting to combats corruption? I have no complete answers to the questions but it appears Muhammed Haruna [see-Obasanjo, Ribadu and the Corruption Crusade; Gamji, 11/23/2005], have attempted insights. As well in different ideas, Harruna pointed out that Obasanjo’s administration didn’t start fighting corruption, previous administrations carried similar fights with different hypotheses; Obasanjo’s crusade seemed to be the most systematic and determined comparable. While I rationalize the ideology of deontologists, however, Haruna didn’t note complete that Buhari administration would have had more effective, more systematic and more determined crusade on corruption if it were not for Ibrahim Babangida interference as Babangida toppled Buhari by aging the life expectancy of the administration very short. Obasanjo who’s fighting corruption inherited Nigeria leadership at the period his psychic is devalued in prison, Obasanjo didn’t take the time to reevaluate mental capacity to lead, and he just jumped in as African leaders do at the first opportunity. Beside Obasanjo accepted at the time when the society is disoriented by materialism in extreme especially in the southern, where every western civilization are imported before the germs are spread to the middle belt and the cord north. A dangerous combinations to deal with in leadership management.

More so, if Obasanjo regime’s fighting corruption honestly, I have reasoned to add here that such corruption fight must be executed with caution and fight it wisely and not on selectivism to disunite the country as the almighty of our time United States Government predicted. The immunity clause that every high-ranking member is enjoying must be applied equally without which has the heaviest weight, looters must account for their actions in the court system. The fact that Governor Alamieyeseigha’s escapee must be made to enjoy the immunity clause that’s in provision in session 308 of the federal constitution until the immunity clause is reverse to suit future. The criminal charge Alamieyeseigha must face is the embezzlement of public funds if the immunity clause to protect the ranking members is reamended immorally by the presidency and or national assembly?

And if the British Authorities, including the police and judiciary who are also criminals are receiving the illegal wealth with pleasure to upgrade their economic through bonds or bailing systems called justice served. Are looking for Dariye and Alamieyeseigha to prosecute in their soil to enrich their country with the ill funds at Dariye and Alamieyeseigha deposits must not be given chance to devaluing the constitution by arresting launderers in Nigerian soil. 

In the end notes thus, is it “Fighting Corruption, or the United States Prediction?” The debate continues, be the ethicist!