Former
president Goodluck Jonathan’s aide, Reno Omokri, has accused President
Muhammadu Buhari of being a major beneficiary of the treasury funds
allegedly looted by former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo
Dasuki (retd).
Omokri, who was reacting to the ‘looters’
list’ released by the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
rubbished the list as one of the jokes of April Fool’s Day, having been
released on April 1, a date famous, globally, as ‘Fools Day’.
In a statement, yesterday, Omokri
wondered why the ‘so called looters’ did not include even one member of
the All Progressives Congress. “If the list proves anything, it is that
President Buhari, Lai Mohammed and their APC are not fighting
corruption. Instead they are fighting corruption,” he said.
He alleged that some members of the ruling APC collectively looted over $2 billion.
“I have taken the pains to produce a
‘teaser’ looters list of APC members who are collectively alleged to
have looted over $2 billion (when you convert the dollar value of what
they allegedly looted at the time they allegedly looted it).
“I challenge President Buhari and Lai
Mohammed to explain why these men did not feature on their list, and why
they continue to remain in this APC government where they weild immense
powers and influence, even over the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission that is meant to prosecute them.
“I further challenge President Buhari and
Lai Mohammed to explain to Nigerians why they failed to reveal to
Nigerians that President Buhari himself is a major beneficiary of the
funds that the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo
Dasuki (retd), received from the treasury for the security of
Nigerians.”
Omokri further alleged that Dasuki was
not in jail for a crime he committed in 2015. Rather, he claimed that
Dasuki was being persecuted for a ‘crime’ he allegedly committed in
1985.
However, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the
ex-president’s aide was free to draw his own list if he could defend
questions that might be raised by those he named.
Mohammed said: “The vice president made a
statement that before the elections over N100 billion was looted and
shared but the PDP addressed a press conference to challenge us to name
any looter. So we responded. It is illogical to say we didn’t name APC
members.
“It is a straightforward matter. The VP
made a statement and they challenged us. It is Reno’ s prerogative to
name names. If they take him up, he should be ready to defend himself.
“You can compile any name but mine was
verified. We gave details of what was looted, who is in court and some
have even entered plea bargain. They have forgotten that they were the
ones that dared us to name names and we have responded. They are only
ranting.”
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