Senator Shehu Sani
Senator Shehu Sani has said that over $200 billion has been hidden away by corrupt Nigerians in Dubai.
Sani said further that some people who had been parading themselves as President Muhammadu Buhari’s friends would soon be tried for corruption.
The
Senator, who represents the Kaduna Central Senatorial District, is said
to have made the disclosure to journalists during a solidarity visit
from female supporters.
“Corrupt Nigerians
have stashed unbelievable amount of monies in Dubai alone in the name of
estates acquisition, purchase of exotic houses and business partnership
in the last 16 years,” Sani said.
“Some
have stashed raw cash. This is why the US, and Europe are making
conditions for laundering of money into their countries very difficult.
These crooks have now found it conducive to use the Middle East and
South East Asia as their destinations. They use names of their cronies,
family members and friends to siphon public funds out of Nigeria.
“Some
of them are APC members, who had their political upbringing in the then
ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Sooner than later those who are
parading themselves as Buhari’s friends, but are corrupt, will be
interrogated, prosecuted because the President does not know friend or
relation as far as the fight against corruption is concerned.
“It
was based on the information on the quantity and quality of the assets
of corrupt Nigerians that President Buhari had to sign that agreement
with UAE at Abu Dhabi. I can tell you that it was smart and patriotic
move. Let me advise the President to steer clear of hypocrites, because
it is better to live with an enemy than hypocrite because hypocrite
derives joy from stabbing one’s back.
Over
$200 billion Dollars are stashed away from Nigeria to Dubai alone. This
may the monies stolen since in the past 20 years. I am not talking
about estates and bonds and other securities bought with Nigeria stolen
money. Buhari is going to recover all these monies and assets with the
help of UAE.
“If you notice now, since
the agreement, some of the corrupt persons are now rushing to Dubai to
effect changes in the ownerships of the ill-gotten assets. But, they are
just wasting their time. President Buhari needs the support of all
Nigerians to wipe out corruption from the country. The President is on
rescue mission. He needs our support.
“We
cannot sit down idly and watch people sabotaged Buhari, and I can tell
you that since Buhari went to Dubai, there were three attempts to
sabotage Buhari’s government. The first one was that they planted a
story in newspapers that there was crisis in Buhari’s government because
he went to Dubai.
“The second one was
that they planted fake lists of Nigerians that have property in Dubai,
while we were waiting for the original list of those who have houses in
Dubai. And the third one was to sponsor foreign media to discredit
Buhari’s economic policies,” he said.
Sani had earlier urged Buhari to extend his search for funds looted from Nigeria to China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan and Thailand.
Buhari’s war against corruption recently got a boost after the government signed a bilateral agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to aid the recovery of Nigeria’s looted funds.
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