‘Build special prisons for corrupt Nigerians,’ Balarabe Musa tells President

Former Kaduna State Governor, Balarabe Musa has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to build a special prison for corrupt Nigerians.

The former governor made the comments during a recent interview with Vanguard.

Excerpts below:

How do you feel about governors, who use their positions to amass wealth with impunity and make a mockery of public office?

I feel bad because these are resources that should be used to liberate the people and provide welfare and security for them. It is even more worrisome that in most places those in power have not provided even the basic things for their subjects while they swim in opulence and mindless extravagance, creating a big gap between them and those who elected them into office.

That is directly responsible for the negative things the nation is grappling with today characterized by unemployment, poverty, insecurity and lose of confidence in public service.

That is why I strongly advise President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently build special prisons for those people as a matter of urgent national interest.

The danger is that if he does not go after those who stole so much from the nation’s treasury, these malevolent elements could use the ill-gotten wealth to topple Nigeria.

Many of them are believed to have stolen as much as trillions of Naira and stashed away in foreign accounts. A recent report revealed that some crooked Nigerians might have stolen more than the annual budget of Nigeria.

Are you not afraid that Buhari may end up sending many Nigerians to prison given his resolve to wage an all-out war against the corrupt among us?

Let them go to prison. In fact I would advise him to build special prisons for those who plundered Nigeria because it has to be done.

If you allow these thieves to continue stealing and eventually controlling political power in the country, you will lead this country to destruction, anarchy, sustained instability, military coup and social revolution.