Opinion: When wealth is stolen into a family curse

“The wealth stolen from people can never be clean. Even when children from corrupt officials try to live honestly, suspicion follows them.”

Public offices in Nigeria have become, for many people, the fastest way to wealth. Instead of service, officials treat power as a private jackpot. They convince their families that the money is for them, living well, studying abroad, to inherit homes and cars. But what is really true they pass is not security. It’s embarrassing.

The law has a principle called the fruit of a poisonous tree.

If the roots are rotten, whatever grows from him is tarnished. The wealth stolen from people can never be clean. Even when children from corrupt officials try to make honest living, the community does not trust them. Suspicion follows every step they take. Their names become heavy because of shame.

The pattern is clear.

A son started a company and whispered up that it was funded with stolen money. A girl gets a position and people -people consider it a product of influence. Trust does not come with wealth, and respect cannot be bought. What is meant to secure the future of the family becomes the destroying thing.

This is not just Nigeria’s story.

In other African countries, a woman who was praised as one of the richest on the continent was removed from the Forbes list after a question about her family’s wealth. One time he was admired, then he was humiliated. Stolen wealth can not stand the time test.

The tragedy is actually a lie said by public officials. They claim that they protect their families, but they actually destroy them. They stripped medical hospitals, teacher schools, and water and light communities, only to boast of children who fly first grade. They forget that no matter how far a child is traveling, the shadow of parents always follows.

History is not forgiven.

It does not celebrate convoys, bank accounts, or luxury homes. It only remembers whether the leaders serve their people or betray them. Today may look comfortable, but tomorrow always comes. This is like the saying that you cannot cover fire that burns with dry leaves. Sooner or later, smoke will rise, and also when the bodies of loved ones stay too long in the DPR, even relatives start to hold their nose.

That is the corruption ending. The fruit of a poisonous tree cannot produce a sweet taste. It poisoned even the family intended to be protected.

Author: Abidemi Adebamiwa

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