* Late President Muhammadu Buhari
The Pathfinder
Wednesday December 17, 2025
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Alwan Hassan, has alleged widespread corruption among ministers who served under former President Muhammadu Buhari, saying about 95 per cent of them should be in jail by now.
In an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Hassan accused the Buhari administration of weak oversight, which he claimed allowed ministers to misuse public funds without accountability.
“There has never been a time when ministers were given free rein without supervision like during Buhari’s administration. Their capital budgets were released 100 per cent, and nobody questioned what they did with the funds. If we open the books, 95 per cent of those people should be in jail by now. Only about five per cent were good,” Hassan said.
He further claimed that Buhari was aware of misconduct in his cabinet, citing reports that the former president had warned some ministers to keep their documents for future scrutiny. “Maybe he had seen what they were doing,” Hassan added.
According to Hassan, the lack of supervision turned ministers into independent power centers. “Everyone was his own cabal. If you got the chance to meet Buhari and explain things to him, you became a cabal. Once you were appointed, your job was abdicated to you,” he noted.
In contrast, Hassan praised President Bola Tinubu’s hands-on management of public finances. “If you’re talking about a president who is hands-on with finance, it is Asiwaju. You’ve seen contractors like me complaining that we have not been paid. He knows his priorities and he enforces them,” he said.
On security, Hassan defended Tinubu’s record, insisting that the president monitors crises closely and acts decisively. He dismissed claims that insecurity has worsened, urging Nigerians to recall the peak of violence between 2012 and 2014. “People drive to Kaduna. People drive from Abuja to Borno at night,” he said.
Hassan attributed much of the criticism within the ruling party to envy and internal rivalry, especially in northern Nigeria. “Our problem is envy. People from the same party cook up lies and call for sackings. It’s dog-eat-dog,” he stated.
On the APC’s internal crisis in Kano, Hassan blamed leadership failure for the party’s divisions. He also suggested that weakening the influence of NNPP leader Rabiu Kwankwaso would require an alliance. “If we want to win Kano, we must either bring back Kwankwaso or negotiate with him. Without an alliance, the APC will not win Kano for the presidency,” Hassan concluded.
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