‘Buhari only fights corrupt people, not corruption’

An Ilorin-based legal practitioner, Malam Yusuf Olaolu Ali (SAN), has faulted the approach of President Muhammadu Buhari in his anti-corruption crusade, saying it is not yielding desired results as the focus is on individuals and not corruption itself.

Speaking with journalists after he was presented with fellowship award by the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, at the weekend, Ali said the government of President Muhammad Buhari had only succeeded in fighting alleged corrupt people but not corruption.

He said he had made the point before that ‘top to bottom approach’ could not work. 

“If you want to fight corruption you must create a mass movement. Majority of Nigerians must buy into it, but you arrest three people out of 10,000. What have you achieved? What is going on is fight against corrupt people not against corruption per say,” he asserted, adding, “Corruption is symptomatic of a deeper problem. We should not limit corruption to bribery. Nepotism is corruption; influence peddling is also corruption.”