I Know The Banks Keeping Stolen Oil Cash -says Buhari
Nigeria has traced its looted funds to some foreign
banks, President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday.
Buhari has vowed to recover such funds from banks,
financial institutions and countries in which
payments for stolen crude oil have been deposited.
Buhari, who did not name the banks, spoke while
receiving visiting United States Congressmen at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja.
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and
Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, Buhari acknowledged the
cooperation his administration was getting from the
international community in gathering intelligence for
tracing and recovering stolen national resources.
He said: “We are getting cooperation from the
international community, including information on
ships that take crude oil from Nigeria and change
direction or pour their contents into other ships mid-
stream.
“Some monies were paid to individual accounts. We
are identifying the financial institutions and countries
that are involved.
“I have been assured that when we get all our
documents together, the United States and other
countries will treat our case with sympathy,’’ the
President told the Congressmen, who were led by
Representative Darrel Issa.
He also said that his administration would welcome
more regular meetings of the Nigeria-United States
Bi-National Commission.
President Buhari noted that the Commission could
serve as a more useful platform for the promotion of
bilateral trade and economic relations as well as joint
cooperation in the war against terrorism.
Darrel assured President Buhari that the United
States will support Nigeria against Boko Haram by
providing training, intelligence and military
platforms.
“We look forward to helping you in many ways to end
the Boko Haram insurgency and the theft of crude oil
in the Gulf of Guinea,’’ he said.
Shortly after meeting the Service Chiefs and Defence
ministry officials yesterday, Congressman Darrel
Issah told reporters that the U.S. government would
soon relax or completely lift the restriction on
military assistance imposed on Nigeria under the
Leahy Law – a human rights law that prohibits the
U.S. Department of State and Department of Defence
from providing military assistance to foreign military
units that violates human rights with impunity.
He said the development was occasioned by the
policy of the new military command with regards to
the ongoing military operations in the country.
“There were a number of things that were discussed
at the meeting, but basically the need for additional
technical support, including overhead surveillance.
This was discussed because it is important in the
fight against Boko Haram.
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Created at 2015-08-04 10:20:11
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