The anti-corruption blow back In London
Barely 24 hours to the celebrated Anti-Corruption Summit in London, the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, and convener of the event, in a moment of indiscretion, and in the presence of the Queen of England and the Archbishop of Canterbury, verbalised his true evaluation of Nigeria, in the following damning words: “We have got some leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain- Nigeria and Afghanistan”, he whispers conspiratorially to his audience. He then intoned further, “possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world”.
Being in the presence of Her Majesty, the Queen and His Holiness, the Archbishop –perhaps, in obeisance to God, symbolised by the priest and country, embodied by the crown -the PM must have let down his guards and was therefore oblivious of the omnipresence of cameras.
l became outraged, at the insolence, as l believe our no-nonsense President, Muhammadu Buhari, would have felt deeply embarrassed by such an undeserved negative characterisation.
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