SIR: As Michael Wetkas, the EFCC operative who conducted the forensic analysis of Bukola Saraki's accounts gave testimony before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, it immediately became as clear why Saraki tried everything possible to stall his trial. As the detective reeled out his findings, one wondered how Kwara State still managed to exist on the map after the scale of alleged pilfering.

Imagine lodging between N600 to N900,000 fifty times in one day to a bank just to beat the one million naira threshold that would have triggered an automatic red flag to the Serious Fraud in the Office of the Nigeria Police Force Officers and the Financial Intelligence Unit of the EFCC .

Despite this, Saraki is not guilty.

Nigerians are the guilty ones for keeping quiet while Societe Generale Bank was brought to its knees by this same Saraki. As a student of University of Lagos College of Medicine where Societe Generale Bank was the only rival to the old haggard Union Bank in Idi-Araba, I personally watched the horror show of the collapse of that bank.

There was no restitution. No one went to jail for gross financial mismanagement. The only one who escaped the horror was Jay Jay Okocha who was indemnified his huge losses by the government because of his celebrity status as a national soccer icon. Many others were not so lucky. Nurses, doctors and students were left to scramble for furniture and tables in lieu of their life savings at the collapse of Societe Generale Bank.

Yet, the unrepentant architect of this grand collapse was elevated to the Government House. Yes, the state treasury is his reward for being born with a silver spoon into the political dynasty of the privilege. Stomach infrastructure replaced good governance and now we want to blame Saraki for doing what "others" were doing. That is the social fabric of Nigeria. We love our captors who have held us hostage for so long that Stockholm syndrome has set in.

Why should 60 SAN'S leave their booming practice to defend a Senate President when only one can speak in court at a time? Why should 30 to 90 Senators follow Saraki to court in a show of solidarity without thinking twice about what their constituencies think and feel about this incident?

Besides, the courts are as lame as a lame duck thus are unlikely to find a big and powerful man guilty when he can hire a battalion of SAN'S.

Saraki is not guilty. We all are. How many Nigerians can resist the trappings of power enriched by Ghana Must Gos of hard currency? How many can think of the suffering masses when their generations yet unborn have not been catered for so that the dynasty may live on?

In less than 24 hours, the Panama papers has forced out the Prime Minister of Iceland. Saraki soldiers on because he is not guilty. Who will dare protest against him in Kwara State after eating his Amala? Who will dare call for his resignation after enjoying special status under him?

Saraki is innocent. We are the guilty ones.

Usman Mohammed,

IBB University, Lapai-Niger State.