Adams Oshiomhole, former governor
of Edo, has called on the federal government to adopt a “ruthless” measure
against alleged looters of the nation’s treasury.
NAN reports that Oshiomhole made
this know on Sunday in Benin. He described as mindless the stealing by the then
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led federal government.
He said it was the right of
Nigerians to know the level of rot that transpired in former president Goodluck
Jonathan’s government.
“I think that if other Nigerians
don’t understand the power of transparency, the right to know, the media should
uphold that right and defend it,” he said.
“What was stolen was not from
private purse; the house that was destroyed was not a private residence. We are
talking of resources, which if it is distributed on basis of equality, divide
by 180 million people you will be a lot richer.
“I think my only complaint is
that the federal government should be more ruthless because there are a lot of
people who should be in court who are not there.
“When I was still in the office
and I said the kind of money they stole was huge in dollars they paid hired
writers to ask how I knew.
“I have interacted with power
vertically and horizontally. I know that we cannot be lamenting today without
understanding that the treasury was burgled yesterday.
“I think the promise of democracy
is that good or bad, the people have the right to know and that is the starting
point and particularly important. I think the people have the right to know and
if any of them think that what has being said is not true, they can go to
court.
“All of them who are involved and
those who they are looking for, they should put everything in public domain and
that is the promise of democracy and it is about you. Just by virtue of being in
a winning party they helped themselves so much.
“One of the acting chairmen of
PDP, Ahmed Makarfi, I used to respect him so much, I heard him saying that the
reason they did not indict Diezani was that the money missing and everything
that was done, Goodluck approved.
“If President approved the money,
should it be stolen and not go into the federation account or used for the
intended purpose.
“Jonathan may have immunity
against prosecution but he doesn’t have power to appropriate what the national
assembly have not done.
“Right now, they are now saying
the national assembly should not approve the $1 billion the federal government
is going to spend on security.
“This is a party that spent well
above that without going to the national assembly at all.”
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