This is certainly story for the gods because to me there
is no iota of truth there. where are evidences to prove
what Obasanjo is saying? Buhari should really man up
and probe the past administration and even Obasanjo's
government.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has claimed that
he left in the national treasury over N287bn, made up of
$2bn, £100m and N10bn in cash and property, being
the loot recovered from the late dictator, Gen. Sani
Abacha.
According to Obasanjo, the funds were paid into the
treasury through the Central Bank of Nigeria before he
handed over power to the late Umar Musa Yar’Auda on
May 29, 2007.
Obasanjo’s disclosure was contained in the Vol. II of
his memoir, My Watch and reviewed by Punch.
He said, “In total, by the time I left government in May
2007, over $2bn and £100m had been recovered from
the Abacha family abroad, and well over N10bn in cash
and properties locally. All were paid to the public
treasury through the Central Bank.
“Enrico (Monfrini, a Swiss lawyer) told me by the time I
left government that if he continued to get support for
his work, there was still about $1bn he believed he
could still recover from the Abacha family and cronies.”
The Ota farmer further claimed that there was a time he
got a report that £3m cash was seized from an agent of
the late military dictator by customs officials at an
airport in UK and that the British authorities asked the
Nigerian government to prove ownership of the money.
“I went to London to have a meeting on another
important issue with (former British Prime Minister)
Tony Blair and I took the opportunity to raise the issue
of the £3m, using the Yoruba anecdote of the thief who
stole palm oil from the ceiling cupboard by getting
somebody to help him so as not to spill the red palm oil
on himself or the floor. The man who assisted became
an accomplice. Tony got the message and the £3m
was released to Nigeria the following day,” Obasanjo
stated.
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