British PM Cameron right in saying Nigeria is ‘fantastically corrupt’ – Buhari

British Prime Minister, David Cameron, was “being honest” when he told Queen Elizabeth II and other British leaders that Nigeria is a “fantastically corrupt” country, President Muhammadu Buhari has said.

In an interview he granted CNN in London, Mr. Buhari said Mr. Cameron was “talking about what he knows” adding that no one should “fault” the British leader. The interview aired Thursday 7pm Nigerian time.

Asked by the interviewer, Christian Amanpour, to react to what Mr. Cameron said, Mr. Buhari said: “Well, I think he’s being honest about it”.

“He’s talking about what he knows, about the two of us, Afghanistan and Nigeria, and by what we’re doing in Nigeria by the day, I don’t think you can fault him. I hope he did not address the press. He said it privately and somehow you got to know it.”

In a similar interview with the BBC in London on the same day, Mr. Buhari repeated that Mr. Cameron was “talking about what he knew”.

“If you look at what this government–I mean the government I am heading–we campaigned on citizen security, economy, unemployment and then fight against corruption and what I have uncovered since he came in has proved he was right,” Mr. Buhari told BBC’s Clive Myrie.

Before the two interviews, Mr. Buhari had responded “Yes” to journalists when asked if Nigeria is a “fantastically corrupt” country as he made his way to the venue of the anti-corruption summit that is currently underway in England.