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Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari is not likely to
forgive immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan and
other corrupt Nigerians.
This, according to the All Progressives Congress (APC), is
because of the mind-boggling level of looting of the nation’s
treasury by the public officials.
PM News reports that a statement issued in Lagos by Alhaji
Lai Mohammed, the party’s national publicity secretary,
revealed that anyone who attempts, either by deeds or words,
to sabotage the recovery efforts is not a patriot and deserves
nothing but public reproof.
President Muhammadu Buhari will not forgive his
predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan’s offensive record with
public looting.
The statement read: “It is absolutely gratifying that
Nigerians are vehemently opposed to the few who would
rather have the government of the day turn a blind eye to
the looted funds and, in their words, carry on with the
process of governance.
“Truly, what sort of governance can go on if the billions of
Naira in a few hands are not recovered? In the first
instance, the government needs every kobo of the funds it
can muster to bring about the change it has promised
Nigerians.
“Secondly, leaving such hair-raising funds in the hands of
the few looters is dangerous, because they can use the
funds to destabilize any government.
“In fact, no one will be surprised if the looters use their
dirty funds to sponsor public demonstrations against the
government’s determination to recover the funds.
“Thirdly, allowing those who privatized the commonwealth
to get away is offering a thumbs-up for looting. No
responsible government will do that.”
The APC added that Nigerians have to be conscious of
happenings as regards the stolen funds and listed the instances
of the looting for public consumption.
“They and their paid hirelings have tried to employ
sophistry to muddle the waters, but Nigerians are much
wiser, and will not succumb to the dirty antics of the
looters’ megaphones .
“3.8 trillion Naira out of the 8.1 trillion Naira earned from
crude oil (2012-2015) withheld by NNPC, 2.1 billion US
dollars from Excess Crude Account unaccounted for,
Department of Petroleum Resources’ unremitted 109.7
billion Naira royalty from oil firms, 6 billion US dollars
allegedly looted by some Ministers of the last
Administration, 160 billion barrels of crude worth 13.9
billion US dollars lost between 2009 and 2012.
“15 million US dollars from botched arms deal yet to be
returned to Nigeria, 13 billion US dollars in NLNG dividends
mostly unaccounted for, 30 billion Naira rice waiver, 183
billion naira unaccounted for at the NDDC .
“The level of looting that went on in other sectors is better
imagined, hence the need for all Nigerians to rally around
the Buhari Administration to recover the loots, bring the
looters to justice and to put in place measures to prevent
such looting in the future,” the statement read further.
Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s vice president, h ad
recently reiterated the present administration’s commitment to
ensuring that corrupt officials are brought to book.
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