U.S. links Buhari’s associates with stolen $150b
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President Muhammadu Buhari is in a dilemma over what to do with key members of his defunct campaign council who are allegedly neck deep in the stolen $150 billion stashed in foreign bank accounts.

Buhari and Obama

Buhari has enlisted the United States to help recover funds stolen during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.



“The fact that I now seek [U.S. President Barack] Obama’s assistance in locating and returning $150 billion in funds stolen in the past decade and held in foreign bank accounts on behalf of former corrupt officials is testament to how badly Nigeria has been run.



“This way of conducting our affairs cannot continue,” Buhari said in an article he published in Washington Post on July 20.





Who stole what?

Investigation showed that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Federal Reserves Bank (equivalent of Central Bank of Nigeria), have put faces to the staggering sums lodged in safe offshore accounts.



But against the hunch in the Buhari camp that only Jonathan’s henchmen were involved in the loot, the FBI and other America spy agents listed names of close associates of Buhari, some of who funded his election.



Buhari has also disclosed that the U.S., which is helping with the investigation, has traced various accounts where loots are lodged.



He made the disclosure in Abuja when he hosted American lawmakers who visited Nigeria last week. But he did not name the account holders.





It’s PDP, Oshiomhole says

Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has claimed that members of Buhari’s delegation to the U.S., which he was part of, were told that a minister under Jonathan stole $6 billion.



His words: “The PDP destroyed the country. I mean from the lips of American officials; senior officials of the State Department said one minister under PDP cornered as much as $6 billion.



“The man said even by Washington standard that is earth-quaking.



“So, the PDP is a party that presided over the liquidation of our nation, destroyed all our institutions, converted the Armed Forces commanders to use them as if they were political thugs, converted NTA (Nigerian Television Authority) to a party megaphone, destroyed the SSS (State Security Services), went after the opposition as if we were rabbits to be pursued into our holes, compromised even student unions and destroyed everything that you can think of and elevated religion to a state affair.



“Under the party, Israel became a place you visit every week; they placed pastors against mallams, placed North against South, East against West just to retain power; elevated obas and obis with dollars.



“You guys were reporting dollars that were changing hands; when the NNPC (Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation) was spending much more money than is available to the Federation Account.



“We are a very patient people. If we were not a patient people, anybody wearing the tag of PDP ought to feel very unsafe because you are all victims – all of us here.”





PDP, APC involved in the looting

But disclosure from the U.S. showed that the looting involved many APC governors, past and present, and the majority of them are from the North.



“The information available to Buhari highlighted persons who were involved and what they owned across parties. A substantial number of the looters are governors from the North.



“Buhari is in a dilemma on what to do with them because he profited from their money during his election,” a source told TheNiche.



Washington is mounting pressure on Buhari not to spare anyone involved in the loot from prosecution once the government assembles all the evidence.



It said that would be a way for the two countries to strengthen diplomatic ties. “President Barack Obama has long seen Nigeria as arguably the most important strategic country in sub-Saharan Africa.



“The question is, would there be an opportunity to deepen our engagement and that opportunity is now,’’ U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Tony Blinken, told reporters during Buhari’s visit to the U.S. last month.





Abuja tightens noose on suspects

As a first measure, Aso Rock has directed security agencies to keep an eye on all former governors and former ministers who served under Jonathan and many of his aides.



However, Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, told TheNiche that he is not aware of such a directive.



Sources in the security network confirmed that foreign travel by former governors, especially those of the PDP, have been restricted.



TheNiche learnt that certain embassies have been notified about the former governors and ministers who want to leave the country, using their diplomatic passports that have a life span of five years.



However, an immigration chief told this newspaper on Friday, August 17 that there is not much the Immigration Service can do to stop the former governors and ministers from escaping, going by the porous state of the country’s borders.



“They can always escape through Cotonou and Dubai,” he said.



Many former governors are in the country, and some of them are being interrogated or prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).



Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, was in transit when TheNiche tried to get his reaction to the story. We could not get his comment due to poor telecommunication service.


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okay

Hmm

but we know Adams has a numerical diarrhea

What's this revelation meant to do, for Bubu to prosecute his own people? Bubu has skeleton in his closet and he won't dare touch them.

I keep wondering why the old kuunu suckerr keeps ranting about phiting kwarapshan when his Aisha whom he sleeps next to everyday perpetrated one of the worst corruption cases in the history of this zooo

Candyrain:
What's this revelation meant to do, for Bubu to prosecute his own people? Bubu has skeleton in his closet and he won't dare touch them.

If Buhari will have the hearts to prosecute his sponsors, better if not, let him safe us time and mind governance which he was voted to do.

Who are those his men?

until buhari probe tinubu, ameachi, atiku and OBJ before I take his zero tolerance for corruption serious

exactly my point. You can't get rid of corruption by prosecuting only those in the opposition. Then that clearly would be termed a witch-hunt. He better starts with Aisha then he move to Tinubu, then Amaechi, then he can face the others.

psucc:
If Buhari will have the hearts to prosecute his sponsors, better if not, let him safe us time and mind governance which he was voted to do.

ok

ahaika23:
I keep wondering why the old kuunu suckerr keeps ranting about phiting kwarapshan when his Aisha whom he sleeps next to everyday perpetrated one of the worst corruption cases in the history of this zooo

Exactly my thought, he can't do nada to his sponsors and supporters

And some unreasonable kids will come up here and call the justice seekers 'wailers'

The THUNDER that will fire those PDP looters is doing press-up.

Op abeg edit dis your post. U wasted too much space. No come carry me enter page 2 ooo.

Is like Washington is looking for billions to cease and be given to her citizens as startup loans or funds that will end up in American Banks without being repatriated to Nigeria in a foreseeable future.

I will advice President Buhari to apply wisdom. Use plea bargain and amnesty to resolve any lawsuit that will hinder immediate repatriation of the looted funds. The US wants a license to take and use these monies.

Wisdom is the principle thing.

" A substantial number of the looters are governors from the North" These goes a long way to tell us the part of this country that has been looting,embezzling and defalcating with our public funds.

Mr buhari make sure you don't spare any of your brothers cos they are the crooks unequivocally holding this country down.

lying liars will remove APC members and their associates from the list

Una see am now ?

lyntiffany:
" A substantial number of the looters are governors from the North" These goes a long way to tell us the part of this country that has been looting,embezzling and defalcating with our public funds.

Mr buhari make sure you don't spare any of your brothers cos they are the crooks unequivocally holding this country down.

I tell you without fear or favour that the Northerners are the biggest thieves in this nation. There's NO bigger scam than creating scores of cost centres in the name of LGAs to get allocations from the pause they don't contribute anything to.

dearpreye:


I tell you without fear or favour that the Northerners are the biggest thieves in this nation. There's NO bigger scam than creating scores of cost centres in the name of LGAs to get allocations from the pause they don't contribute anything to.

Your very right, it's only but annoying when ask what's there contributions and they scream out agriculture as if other regions are dormant in that aspect.

lyntiffany:

Your very right, it's only but annoying when ask what's there contributions and they scream out agriculture as if other regions are dormant in that aspect.

My dear, don't let them confuse you. You may wish to study a thread I created days ago. These folks are the most corrupt, wicked and greedy folks. Anyone who doesn't understand their wickedness and keeps buying into their propaganda is LOST.

lyntiffany:

Your very right, it's only but annoying when ask what's there contributions and they scream out agriculture as if other regions are dormant in that aspect.

Please. kindly see thread here.

https://www.nairaland.com/2513670/south-south-constitutionalised-modern-day

ibe9ja:
The THUNDER that will fire those PDP looters is doing press-up.

Op abeg edit dis your post. U wasted too much space. No come carry me enter page 2 ooo.

Thunder should fire only PDP looters kwo? Then Devil should solder the balls of APC looters to their butt holes.. Simple.

lyntiffany:
" A substantial number of the looters are governors from the North" These goes a long way to tell us the part of this country that has been looting,embezzling and defalcating with our public funds.

Mr buhari make sure you don't spare any of your brothers cos they are the crooks unequivocally holding this country down.

Sweery'm are you expecting that man to ever be objective? Well till he decides to be objective and reasonable, then he's nothing but a corrupt bigot (facts on ground is that he can't prosecute his brothers and Obj because they hold records of his ultra corrupt activities of the past)!

Why is APC Babo0ns and M0nkeys running away from this thread? They've not infiltrated the thread with insults and lies as usual.

francizy:


Sweery'm are you expecting that man to ever be objective? Well till he decides to be objective and reasonable, then he's nothing but a corrupt bigot (facts on ground is that he can't prosecute his brothers and Obj because they hold records of his ultra corrupt activities of the past)!

we all know that but let's give pa buhari the benefit of doubt to do the right thing.
We are watching while waiting for the right actions from him.

Trut:
Why is APC Babo0ns and M0nkeys running away from this thread? They've not infiltrated the thread with insults and lies as usual.

They got nothing to say but the foolish ones among will still come to show their foolishness

As I always say,

INTROVERT:
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okay

It always has to come from such sources, just like the source that reported the "story" about Obama telling Buhari he still has a lot to learn about governance.

Smh.

Hmm