Vice
President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has said around $15 billion (about N4.8
trillion) which is equal to about half the country’s foreign currency reserves
was stolen under President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration through
fraudulent arms procurement.
President Muhammadu
Buhari-led goverment is currently prosecuting indicted ex-public officials and
has recovered around N80billion.
Osinbajo’s claims came
weeks after Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, said 55 people who were
government ministers, state governors, public officials, bankers and
businessmen stole 1.34 trillion naira ($6.8 billion) over a seven-year period,
during the Jonathan administration.
Reuters
quoted Osinbajo, who was speaking at a university in the southwestern city of
Ibadan, as saying that the $15 billion figure which he alleged had been stolen
“is more than half of the current foreign reserves of the country”.
“It is
important to send a message that no public officer can steal the resources of
this country and expect to escape,” he said.
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