The defections of corrupt
politicians from other political parties into the the ruling All Progressives
Congress, APC, will not shield them from prosecution under President Muhammadu
Buhari’s administration.
Mr Festus Keyamo, a Senior
Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, and spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign
Organization made this declaration in Port Harcourt, on Wednesday, during a
Symposium entitled “Corruption: An issue in Nigeria’s Development crisis”.
Keyamo, who has been a
prosecution lawyer for the the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, further said that because of the doggedness of Buhari
in fighting corruption headlong, some politicians who derroneously thought that
defecting from other parties into the ruling APC could shield them from
prosecution had been disappointed because they still faced the law.
He cited the examples of former
Governor Joshua Dariye of Plateau State and others who were jailed.
“Unlike during the previous
administration when there were calls from the presidency on EFCC chairmen to
hands off investigation of party loyalists, President Buhari does not do that.
Once you have a case of corrupt, no matter how close you are to the President
he never interfered.”
The Senior Advocate also revealed
that the recoveries of the loots from corrupt Nigerians were part of the monies
used in funding the 2018 federal budget.
Also speaking on the efforts of
EFCC in fighting corruption, the Chairman of the anti graft agency, Ibrahim
Magu, who was represented by the head of Operations, Usman Muktar, said that
the agency secured 703 convictions, of over N790 billion; over 261 million
dollars, over 8 million Euros and over £1.5 million pounds.
In addition to cash recoveries,
properties like 407 mansions, exotic cars, petrol filling stations and St
Solomon Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos.
On the accusations that the fight
had been focused on the executive at the federal and state levels leaving out
the Judiciary, Magu said some judges were on trial and that a Senior Advocate
has been convicted.
He called on Nigerians to avail
themselves of the whistle-blower policy to expose corruption and also make huge
money from the percentage of recovered funds.
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