Fresh facts have emerged contrary to reports that former
National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki allegedly
swindled $2.1billion meant for arms procurement.
According to human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, Dasuki
allegedly stole $6billion as against the amount being peddled in the
media, and has vowed to drag him to the International Criminal Court
(ICC) next week.
Femi Falana believes that former National Security Adviser (NSA),
Sambo Dasuki allegedly stole $6 billion.
According to Breaking Times, Falana made this revelation while
delivering a lecture organised by the Amnesty International (AI), in
Abuja, where he also argued that Dasuki must be prosecuted for crimes
against humanity.
The human rights activist also disputed media reports that President
Muhammadu Buhari was engaging in impunity by detaining the alleged
suspects for more than 48 hours, saying it was untrue.
According to him: “Last week some people were arrested. I
think three of them principally (Dasuki, Raymond Dokpesi,
and Attahiru Bafarawa). Again, contrary to media report,
the suspects were not arrested for diverting the some of
$2.1 billion as it has been reported by the press, but for
diverting and misappropriating and conerring $6 billion. I
am talking of $2.1 billion and N643 billion.
“Now in any part of the world, this is a serious crime that
affects the generality of Nigerians, that affects our right to
development, that led to the untimely death of over 5,000
soldiers, and 20,000 civilians that have been massacred
by the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists.
“This fund was earmarked for procuring military hardware
to prosecute the war on terror, but a gang of people sat
down and resolved and decided to corner the fund, and
continue to deceive our people that adequate weapons
have been procured for our soldiers and therefore they
are indolent, and cowardly by not fighting to defeat the
Boko Haram sect.
“Perhaps, unlike most Nigerians I feel more pain. I feel
more challenged, because I have defended scores of
military officers and soldiers on pro-bono basis because I
was convinced that these funds were diverted and
therefore, why are you charging these innocent people
with cowardly behaviour which attracts the death
penalty”.
“Those who stole the money meant for procuring arms
must not go unchallenged, nobody must invoke human
rights, no lawyer must be permitted to invoke human
rights to cover these crimes against humanity.
“They went beyond just stealing and by next week we are
filing a petition before the international Criminal Court
(ICC) to ask that these guys be tried for crime against
humanity because we are only talking of those who are
alive, what of thousands that have been killed recklessly
because of this kind of irresponsibility on the part of a
few people.
“Let me clarify this, the right to liberty is guaranteed by
Section 35 of the Nigerian constitution, as well as article 6
of the African Charter that nobody shall have his right to
liberty taken away or abridged or violated. However, this
is not an absolute right if there is reasonable suspicion
that you have committed a criminal offence your right to
liberty can be taken by the state.
“Therefore, when you are told by the media that the
Buhari regime is engaging in impunity by arresting people
without taking them to court within 48 hours is no longer
in our law. I made this point on Sunday and no one has
challenged me.
“Transparency International is being hypocritical by
saying Nigeria is more corrupt than Switzerland, that is
loose talk. Switzerland houses all the funds stolen by all
dictators including dictators that have no records of how
much they hold, dictators that have died and nobody has
the record of what is kept in Switzerland. So, TI will leave
Switzerland alone and say Nigeria is corrupt. We are only
a victim of corruption.”
Speaking also on the loots recovered from late Sani Abacha, Falana
noted that “the Federal Government has a record of $2
billion recovered Abacha loot, but our former minister of
Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala claimed that only $500
million have been recovered.
“To help her, the World Bank has just issued a report, a
package of lies, a 700-page report to say that this $500
million that was recovered under her watch was
judiciously spent and they have listed roads that were not
even in existence in Nigeria that were tarred. We are
taking them on, and this will be the last time the World
Bank will tell lies about this country.
“Contrary to the claim of the World Bank and the
government of Nigeria, I say without any fear of
contradiction that not less than $4 billion has been
recovered from the Abacha loot. It is the most successful
recovered loot in the world, and the records are there.
“(Abdulsalami) Abubakar regime issued a decree, the
forfeiture decree No 45 of 1999 where the regime claimed
that it recovered about $1 billion; Obasanjo has just
written some book, and am not sure he knew the
implication, in the second volume of his ‘My Watch’,
Obasanjo has admitted that he recovered $2 billion, £100
million and N10 billion”
“The Jonathan administration also recovered $970
million; the US government has helped us to recover $
458 million last year. Buhari should set up an enquiry to
investigate how the Abacha loot was relooted.”
Speaking in a telephone interview on Wednesday, December, 16, the
ex-governor revealed that he received the sum of N100 million from the
PDP for “campaign logistics” and not from the former NSA.
Source https://www.naij.com/670770-revealed-real-amount-dasuki-allegedly-stole-fresh-trouble-looms.html

I am tired of this stole & probe ish by dis government, can't they turn to another chapter for christ sake

en hen

Falana had lost steam in my own estimation. I tipped him to fill Gani's gap but he faltered big time.

I am tired of hearing about stolen billions everyday, please is enough, fight the corruption more silently and drum developments in my ear.

BeeBeeOoh:
I am tired of this stole & probe ish by dis government, can't they turn to another chapter for christ sake

So EFCC shouldn't do there job ko? U prefer an era af anarchy were govt agencies dnt knw their functions. *smh*

Meanwhile op, be careful. This is an old news
Wtf!!

Dis tin is get boring n irritating by d day....weda na $2.1b abi $6b wat has d govt done abt it......jst shoutin changi everywhere....RUBBISH

I dreamt it was actually 6billion dollars also! When is this guy, his cronies and their Commander in thief going to jail pls! Hearing all these figures make me cringe!