Another 484 Million Dollars Fraud Uncovered In NNPC: As Lawyer Knocks Buhari

An Abuja-based Human Rights Lawyer, Barrister Johnmary Chukwukasi Jideobi, has uncovered massive financial fraud going in NNPC to the tune of Four Hundred and Eighty Four Million United States Dollars. According to the fiery human rights Lawyer, this is in flagrant violation of Sections 80 and 162 of the Constitution. He hinted that the said hefty sum is being warehoused in the vaults of seven Money Deposit Banks including;

(a)UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC; (b) DIAMOND BANK PLC; (c) SKYE BANK PLC; (d) FIRST BANK LTD; (e) FIDELITY BANK PLC; (f) KEYSTONE BANK LTD AND (g) STERLING BANK PLC.

In an eye revealing article, titled " Presidential Exemption under the Treasury Single Account Implementation Guideline: a Fraud on the Nigerian People and her Constitution", the investigative lawyer exposed how some top government officials of Buhari Administration connived with the delinquent Banks to hide the humongous sums from the Treasury Single Account being maintained at the Central Bank of Nigeria. That way, serial withdrawals were being made and the monies being depleted without any iota of accountability. Directly accusing President Buhari of promoting massive corruption, the Lawyer wrote: 

"Despite these loud admissions, President Buhari [who has anti-corruption fight as one of the strongest pillars of his government] is now promoting corruption and undermining the very Constitution he swore to uphold by whimsically granting exemption to some MDAs which, on the state of the law, is patently unconstitutional. Exempting MDAs from the peremptory demands of the TSA [for whatever good or bad reason] constitutes an exercise of power without any constitutional foundation. It is an evil spoke in the hub of transparency which the majority of the implementation document otherwise represents. The sore finger must now be axed before it gets gangrenous. The FGN engaged in doublespeak when it told the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos that the reason for filing the suit against the delinquent banks and the reason for withdrawing the said suit is one and the same; “the demands of public interest”. The FGN cannot be seen as running with the hare and hunting with the hounds. That would amount to walking the both sides of the street at the same time. They owe the Nigerian citizens explanations as to whose interest is being served by shielding humongous sums running into Hundreds of Millions of Dollars from the Treasury Single Account."

The Lawyer challenged the citizens to rise up and hold Buhari and his party accountable. "We must all ask questions as to whose interest these hidden monies are serving by remaining outside the coverage of the TSA in blatant violation of our Constitution. If we must end impunity, abolish corruption, abuse of office and build a new nation, the whole citizens must get involved. The time is now!"