Massive Protest Looms As Buhari ‘Shields’ Owner of $43m Recovered By EFCC
A massive protest is in the pipeline as President Muhammadu Buhari has been accused of shielding owner of the $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23, 218,000 recovered by operatives of the EFCC on Wednesday.
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has asked the Federal Government to name owner of the said cash or else it will be forced to stage a mass protest against what it described as a lopsided anti-graft war.
THE WHISTLER recalls that Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has been accused of being the real owner of the money as well as the penthouse where it was found.
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In a statement on Saturday by its Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu, the CNPP said claims that the money belongs to National Intelligence Agency (NIA) are completely unacceptable to Nigerians.
“We’re worried that the current anti-graft war is becoming a show as each day passes,” the statement reads.
“It is more worrisome when you begin to hear that a government security agency, the NIA, which is not a revenue generating organ of the federal government, is laying claim to the recovered.
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“The NIA angle to the controversy is nothing but a deliberate plot by the federal government to cover up the true identity of the looter.
“How can the NIA claim to own N13 billion cash stashed in a private residential apartment; NIA has no office in Lagos?”
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“The war against corruption is now being exposed for what it truly is on daily basis, a lopsided fight against perceived enemies of the present administration, while all members of the ruling party are shielded from prosecution.
“The case of the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF) is still fresh in our minds; how President Muhammadu Buhari quickly absolved him of any wrong doing even before any investigation was carried.
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“The Minister of Transport has been at the centre of several financial scandals which were never investigated.
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“But any plot to cover up the owner of the Ikoyi apartment loot will be strongly resisted, with the CNPP leading the struggle. Enough is enough”, the CNPP stated.
