Femi Falana, human rights lawyer,
has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to apologise to Nigerians over his comment
on funds diverted by Sani Abacha, the late military dictator.
Buhari had said Abacha did not
loot the country.
Last year alone, the federal
government recovered $321 million Abacha loot from Switzerland.
Speaking at a conference
organised by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) in Abuja on
Wednesday, Falana said it has been established that Abacha stole over $5
billion.
He said about $3.5 billion had
been recovered from the Abacha Loot.
“On account of the loot that has
recovered so far by the federal government President Buhari ought to publicly
apologise to the Nigerian people having denied that the late General Sani
Abacha was involved in the criminal diversion of public funds,” Falana said.
“From the foregoing, it is
pertinent to note that not less than $3.5 billion had been recovered from the
Abacha loot. Much more can still be recovered. But apart from demanding for
full account of the Abacha loot we must insist that the investigation of the
criminal diversion of looted wealth be extended to cover other indicted public
officers.
“During the electioneering
campaign last year, President Buhari threatened to probe the $16 billion
allegedly purpotedly spent on generating electricity in the country.
“Last week, I filed an action at
the federal high court, Abuja seeking to compel the Buhari administration to
recover $40bn and N481bn which a government auditing agency, NEITTI confirmed.”
On his part, Olanrewaju Suraju,
HEDA chairman, said the searchlight ought to beamed on other past presidents.
“Anybody could have been naïve to
the extent of what happened but it is expected of a statesman that after
discovering that he misjudged the situation,” he said.
“[Buhari] is expected to come to
Nigerians to really apologise and reaffirm what is the state of affairs. We
need to beam searchlight on other former presidents.”
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