Buhari is not the poor man he pretends to be – Balarabe Musa

A former governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has said that it was clear from the assets listed by President Muhammadu Buhari in his public declaration of assets that he is a multi-billionaire, who also wields enormous power and influence and cannot therefore be seen as a peasant committed to the well being of the less privileged.

Though the Second Republic governor noted that the declaration was better late than never, he said he doubts what the President declared, adding that it was at variance with the low profile and ‘poor man’ posture the president had wanted to foist on Nigerians.

He said: “Before the last election, Buhari had given us the erroneous impression that he was a poor man, requiring bank loans to buy nomination form and run his campaigns, but now he has shown that he has cash of N30 million, huge investments in companies and banks and farm assets.

“By this declaration, it is clear that Buhari is one of the wealthy and influential Nigerians, who wield enormous power. He can therefore, no longer pretend to be among the poor masses and I doubt if he can still effect the change he promised the poor. We are therefore, waiting and watching to see the expected change.”