Dont Allow Sylva, Kyari, Malami, Sirika, Bala, Jamoh, Others To Escape Without Prosecution-Timi Frank, Tells Tinubu
Comrade Timi Frank, the former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, on Tuesday, urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, not to allow Sylva, Kyari, Malami, Sirika, Bala, Jamoh, and others, to go without arrest, and prosecution
Comrade Timi Frank, the former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, on Tuesday, urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, not to allow Sylva, Kyari, Malami, Sirika, Bala, Jamoh, and others, to go without arrest, and prosecution.
According to him, all the former serving top officials under the ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, who allegedly abused their offices should not escape justice.
Frank further told the president that Nigerians are eargerly waiting for the arrests and prosecution of the former top government officials.
Frank disclosed this in a statement in Abuja and listed those that deserve to be guests of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to include former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, former Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, and the former Attorney- General for the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami.
Others according to him are the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman (now appointed Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Policy Coordination).
Also to be arrested and prosecuted are former Comptroller general of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hammid Ali, Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Bashir Jamo, former Managing Directors and Sole Administrators of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as well as former and immediate past Service Chiefs appointed by Buhari.
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Ambassador to East Africa and the Middle East, stressed that Nigerians were aware of how these people mismanaged their offices.
"Nigerians know how agencies managed or still being managed by these former and present government officials were run in the most opaque and corrupt manner.
"The President has no choice but to demand accountability on behalf of the people.
“The suspension and arrest of the Governor of Central bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele and Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), AbdulRasheed Bawa have been hailed by Nigerians but this is just a tip of the iceberg; the President must not let his anti-corruption drive stop with these two individuals.
“Those that must be investigated and prosecuted are still running free out there and the earlier they are rounded up and made to face the law for economic sabotage, the better for this country. Besides, some of them have already found their way into the present administration like Ms. Hadiza Bala-Usman.
“There is further intelligence that others like her are currently lobbying cabal around Tinubu to get a soft landing or better still find their way into the administration by way of appointment.” He said.
He insisted that failure to arrest and prosecute these suspects known to have used their offices for selfish gain would show that the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is only out to witch-hunt Emefiele and Bawa now under DSS custody.
According to him, ex-officials like Sylva need to answer questions on alleged identity theft, sale of oil blocks, marginal oil fields and refineries.
He stated that Siriki needs to tell Nigerians the whereabouts of Air Nigeria and monumental funds spent on it so far.
For Sadiya Umar Farouq, she needs to tell the DSS and EFCC how money voted for social investment programme, especially school feeding were expended.
Frank urged the EFCC and DSS to extend their probe to cover former Service Chiefs and Inspector General of Police from the administration of former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai up to the ones recently retired by the President administration.
He further called Tinubu to be wary of former Governors especially of the PDP who are now pretending to support his administration.
Frank described the motive of former Governors of PDP, as selfish while warning that Tinubu should not allow his administration to be a dump site for known corrupt elements.
"Despite the pendency of the presidential election petitions at the tribunal that will determine the true outcome of the last presidential election, Nigerians will commend Tinubu if he is doing well and also call him out if he goes wrong." He pleaded.
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