Cameron says leader’s of “fantastically corrupt countries” to attend British anti-summit
British Prime Minister David Cameron was reportedly caught on camera on Tuesday telling Queen Elizabeth that some leaders from some “fantastically corrupt” countries, including Nigeria and Afghanistan, were due to attend his anti-corruption summit.
Cameron is scheduled to host an international anti-corruption summit on Thursday, aimed at stepping up global action to combat corruption in all walks of life.
Reuters news agency reports that Cameron was shown talking with the queen about the summit in a pooled video feed made available to the ITN broadcaster.
“We had a very successful cabinet meeting this morning, talking about our anti-corruption summit,” Cameron said when the queen approached. “We have got the Nigerians – actually we have got some leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain.”
Cameron went on: “Nigeria and Afghanistan – possibly two of the most corrupt countries in the world.”
The queen did not respond to the premier but the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said: “But this particular president is actually not corrupt.”
President Buhari has been keen to rid his country of corruption since taking office last year, and his administration has even gone after former top government officials.
