The Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday advised the Federal Government to beam its searchlight on the Ministry of Finance under Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
Oshiomhole said she could be culpable in the release of funds for procurement of arms and subsequent diversion.
Speaking to State House Correspondents in Abuja, the governor, who has been critical of Okonjo-Iweala, said the office of the former National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki, was not the only leaking point in the last administration.
According to him: “I have been talking about it.
“I just said to a couple of persons, the government has to go the whole hog because I know as a governor that no money gets out of the treasury even after I have approved as the governor without the approval of the Commissioner of Finance.
“Those are the procedure.
“So, the probe should go into whether all these monies are appropriated, all of it, when the money got out of the treasury, through who.
“The Minister of Finance under the rules must endorse before money gets out of the treasury before CBN approves.
“So, all those Minister of Finance, including Okonjo-Iweala, I don’t care what people say because you cannot be coordinating a corruption-ridden economy and you pretend to be an angel, you cannot selectively deal with issues, you must deal with all involved in the conspiracy.
“In criminal law, when two to three people are involved in a act of criminality, all of them are charged with conspiracy.
“You cannot get money out of the treasury without getting it endorsed and for a government that talks about transparency, due process and I am unable to accept that money will come out without the Minister of Finance having to endorse document and if you endure documents, you must follow through to see that the purpose through which funds are released are actually used for that purpose.”