‘Nigeria Is Very Corrupt But I Love My People’, Israel Adesanya Says

A video clip featuring UFC fighter Israel Adesanya is trending online, in which he can be seen expressing frustration over the pervasiveness of corruption in Nigeria.

”Nigeria is a very corrupt place,” Israel, 33-year-old says in the clip from an April 6, 2022 episode of the Hotboxin’ podcast with host and boxing legend Mike Tyson.

“I love my people but it is just that the government, everyone is trying to find a way to siphon money from someone.”

The Nigerian-New Zealand MMA fighter further said that greed is a problem across Africa, not just Nigeria.

“It can happen in Nigeria, it can happen in South Africa, or it can happen in Morocco,” he said.