A Former aide of the Jonathan administration responding to the allegation indicted upon the former president by EFCC boss, Magu that 1.3 Trillion was stolen under his administration,
Reno Omokri reacted that the Buhari’s administration should pay more
attention to the US who recently sent a bad report regarding the
corruption in the nation.
It was said that Magu used the platform where he was supposed to
address the issues of impunity raised in the U.S. State Department
report, to drag Jonathan name in the dust.
“The claim of a stolen N1.3 trillion public fund which Magu
reiterated on Monday is not new, for the discerning members of the
public, the claim by Magu is rehash of false allegations that started
its ill-fated journey in 2016.
“In January 2016, Muhammadu Buhari’s prophetically named Minister of
Information, Alhaji Lai (Lie) Mohammed, claimed at a world press
conference in Abuja,
to mark the beginning of the administration’s war against corruption,
that 55 well-placed Nigerians stole a whopping N1.34 trillion between
2006 and 2013, a period covering the Presidencies of Obasanjo, Yar’Adua
and Jonathan.
“Nine months later, specifically in October 2016, the Chairman of the
Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC),
Professor Itse Sagay repeated the allegation with only a slight
alteration, by alleging that about N1.4 trillion was stolen by top
government officials and businessmen under the last three
administrations.
“It will be recalled that in July 2015, Adams Oshiomhole, the current chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC),
had alleged that a former government minister in Nigeria stole $6bn (about N2.1 trillion).
Oshiomhole said “US officials informed President Muhammadu Buhari of
the alleged theft during his visit to Washington the previous month.”
“However, the U.S. State Department denied the story, asking
Oshiomhole, to name the official and not drag United States into Nigeria
domestic politics.
The truth is that Ibrahim Magu lied and this is not the first, or second time he has lied to the public.
“It would be recalled that Mr. Magu has boasted on many occasions
that the EFCC under him had recovered about N739 billion within two
years, adding that over N500 billion was recovered in 2017 alone.
“However, Kemi Adeosun, the then minister of finance in the same
Government at that time, decided to put a lie to Mr. Magu’s claims,
by revealing in March 2018 that contrary to all the figures provided over time by the EFCC’s acting chairman,
Ibrahim Magu, only N91 billion of such claims could be accounted for by the Government.
“So, instead of relying on wild and unsubstantiated allegations, I
would advise Mr. Magu to focus on some facts, like the following:
“According to Transparency International, Nigeria is more corrupt
today than at anytime during the five-year period of Dr. Goodluck
Jonathan’s time in office.
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