{"id":9007,"date":"2016-05-08T18:30:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T18:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=9007"},"modified":"2016-05-08T18:30:09","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T18:30:09","slug":"uk-mail-online-mocks-buharis-anti-corruption-drive-accuses-him-of-being-wealthy-with-daughter-attending-a-26000-a-year-english-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=9007","title":{"rendered":"UK Mail Online mocks Buhari\u2019s anti-corruption drive accuses him of being wealthy with daughter attending a \u00a326,000-a-year English school"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A British newspaper, Mail Online, on Sunday questioned President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s anti-corruption credentials ahead of his arrival in London for a world anti-corruption summit to be hosted by UK\u2019s prime minister, David Cameron.
\nThe paper said \u201cself-proclaimed \u2018People\u2019s President\u2019\u201d, Buhari, may be waging a war against corruption his critics have described as a witch hunt.<\/p>\n

It wrote that Buhari sends his daughter to a \u00a326,000-a-year English\"Buhari\"<\/a> school and that in April, the opposition PDP party unearthed a ticket stub showing Hanan, 16, had flown first-class from London to Nigeria, despite her father\u2019s ban on officials using premium travel.
\nThe report added added Buhari had spent \u00a3150,000 on educating his daughter Zahra, a Surrey University student.<\/p>\n

The paper also questioned Buhari\u2019s failure to give a full account of his worth, and pointed out his partial admission of more than \u00a31million in the bank, five houses and two plots of land.<\/p>\n

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Mail Online added: \u201cThe presence of Nigeria\u2019s president at David Cameron\u2019s anti-corruption summit this week may surprise many in his nation \u2013 which receives vast amounts of UK aid.<\/p>\n

\u201cSelf-proclaimed \u2018People\u2019s President\u2019 Muhammadu Buhari began a war on corruption after taking power last year, but critics allege it is a political witch-hunt.
\n\u201cThe Government is giving nearly \u00a3250million in the coming year to oil-rich Nigeria..<\/p>\n

\u201cSupporters say 49 arrests of members of the previous regime show the anti-corruption war is genuine, but opponents say it is politically driven.<\/p>\n

\u201cNigeria has the highest-paid government officials in the world but is one of the largest beneficiaries of UK foreign aid.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president of its senate, Bukola Saraki, is due to face trial on corruption charges after it emerged he has a \u00a36million London property in his wife\u2019s name.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Nigerian Embassy did not comment\u201d, Mail Online added.<\/p>\n

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