Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole
in an interview with Leadership, stated that the Present Government
should prosecute former president Goodluck Jonathan and ex-finance
minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for “approving funds from the
excess crude account without appropriation by the National Assembly.”
Oshiomhole argues that Jonathan and the
former minister should be made to face law since it had been proven that
they both made approvals for procurement of arms for counter-terrorism operations
worth billions of dollars previous government.
He made the statements in relation to the current
$2.1 billion illegal arms deal saga former national security adviser, Sambo
Dasuki; Sokoto State governor Attahiru Bafarawa,
and former chairman, DAAR Communications, Raymond Dokpesi, are currently
being probed by the EFCC for.
Here are excerpts from the interview:
“The issue is whether the Nigerian President
under the constitution has the power to approve funds belonging to local, state
and federal government- funds that have not been appropriated by the National
Assembly. That is a criminal offense for which Okonjo-Iweala ought to face
criminal prosecution. These things are just discussed and wished away. For me,
I will stick for the truth and don’t care what people will say.
Talking about revelation, look at the letter
credited to Dasuki – the immediate past National Security Adviser. In his
defence which I read in your paper, he seems to admit that money was spent but
it was approved by the President. Does the Nigerian constitution empower the
President to spend money which has not been appropriated by the National
Assembly? And they took cash from the CBN. The Money Laundering Act says if you
take cash in excess of N5 million transaction, it is money laundering and it is
criminal.
So, by Dasuki’s letter, he has also confirmed
that Okonjo-Iweala is a privy to spending money never appropriated and
therefore criminal, and that cash were being moved contrary to the money
laundering act. Just using Dasuki’s own defence, you can see a case of
conspiracy has been established between Dasuki, Okonjo-Iweala and all those
involved in that transaction.”
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