Thanks to the Department of Justice(DOJ) of the United States government, Nigerians were once again regaled with the latest attempted heist of the Buhari administration that has now gained notoriety for the mindless and rapacious looting of our commonwealth.
Though we were not surprised at this revelation given how the last tranche of recovered Abacha loot was re-looted and used for vote buying during the last elections under the guise of giving it to the poor, as patriots who are concerned about the welfare of our fellow Nigerians and how the country’s resources is being mis-managed in the light of pains on Nigerians caused by this same directionless government, we cannot but lend our voice to condemn the continued assault on Nigerians by this gang of criminals who are currently parading themselves as the leadership of the country.
According to the officials of the DOJ, the Nigerian officials involved in the negotiation to transfer the Abacha loot back to Nigeria were more interested in protecting the interest of the chairman of the APC governor’s forum Abubakar Bagudu by ensuring that he got a share of $110 million from the recovered loot under some dodgy “agreement” than in ensuring the interest of the Nigerian State that they were supposed to be representing and this was even at the risk of jeopardising the co-operation of the American government in the further recovery of other looted funds that have been seized from other fraudulent Nigerian politicians.
Despite this administration’s so called anti corruption mantra, looting of our national resources has now become a statecraft with the leadership of the administration actively promoting and protecting corrupt officials who are loyal to them. As a result of this they continue to pile up more debt for the country with absolutely nothing to show for it whilst majority of Nigerians continue to sink into poverty.
We will also like to use this opportunity to commend the DOJ for exposing this fraud and encourage them not to release the money in question to the current administration as the money will only end up being re-looted again. Instead they should hold the money in trust for the Nigerian people until an administration that is truly accountable to the people comes to power and there is certainty that the funds will be used to take care of the interest of the Nigerian people.
Signed PDPLod
