I HAVE EVIDENCE OF RECOVERED $4BN ABACHA LOOT - FEMI FALANA

Popular human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (S.A.N) has stated that he has a major revelation about the disputed recovered loots of former military president, Late General Sani Abacha. Speaking on Sunrise, a morning breakfast show on Channels Television today, December 21, Falana said he has evidence that the former military dictator stole over $4billion during his time as a military president.



Giving more insight on the issue, Falana said:

The Abubakar junta set up a panel of inquiry that came up with a report to the effect that the late military president, General Sani Abacha, stole about $5billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The government identified about $1billion largely removed in cash that they recovered a billion billion dollars and gazetted it.

Making reference to former president Olusegun Obasanjo recent book, "My Watch" Falana said:

Obasanjo stated in his book that by the time he was leaving office in May 2007, he had recovered $2billion, £100million and N10billion.
When the case of the $446m theft came up, the repatriation of the recovered loot abroad under the Jonathan administration and we were told N930million has been recovered. Excluded is the $458million that had been seized by the United States government.
Even madam Okojo-Iweala have now confessed that in one fell swoop, she released $22million to the then National Security Adviser, Colonel Dasuki and that $700million expected.

Falana also challenged the Muhammadu Buhari government to develop the political will to fight corruption, adding that all former files of corruption cases should be reopened.

He also canvassed for a dedicated account opened to lodge all recovered loots, so that according to him,

we can be able to identify projects that have been completed with those funds.

Meanwhile, Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom recently disclosed that former president Goodluck Jonathan reportedly left N13.6 billion loot recovered from Abacha in the Nigerian treasury.