“I have also maintained zero
tolerance for corruption. I am even more committed to fighting this enemy
decisively because I am convinced beyond doubt that the much needed impetus for
our country’s survival is held back by corruption. I will not allow this to
continue”
“We are now looking for evidence
of shipping some of our crude, their destinations and where and which accounts
they were paid into and in which countries. When we get as much as we can get,
as soon as possible, we will approach those countries to freeze those accounts
and go to court, prosecute those people and let the money in the accounts be
taken to Nigeria.
“The amount of money involved is
mind boggling but we have started getting documents. We have started getting
documents where some of the senior people in government -former ministers –
planted as much as five accounts and were moving about one million barrels per
day on their own.
“We have started getting those
documents. I assure you that whichever documents we are able to get and
subsequently trace the sale of the crude or transfer of money from ministries,
departments, Central Bank, we will ask for the cooperation of those countries
to return those monies to the federation account; and we will use those
documents to arrest those people and prosecute them. This, I promise Nigerians.
Corruption in Nigeria has virtually developed into a culture where honest
people are abused.”
source: leadership
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