The Federal Government has told the Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace Airline, Allen Onyema, to go face the music in the United States over allegation he laundered about $20 million.
So also did the Federal Government ask Onyema to go and answer to the charges against him in the US because he broke the laws of the country.
The position of the Federal Government came sequel to the indictment of Onyema by the US Department of Justice for laundering over $44.5 million through his accounts in the country between 2013 and 2018.
In 2013, Onyema was accused by ex-militants of allegedly conniving with with the then Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Kingsley Kuku, to siphon the funds released to them by the Federal Government.
Reacting to the indictment of Onyema by the US, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, said Onyema’s denial of wrongdoing in the US amounted to “tales by moonlight.”
The reaction, on Twitter by Onochie also told the chairman of the airline to go attend to the charges against him.
She tweeted: “I do not understand what Pres. @MBuhari has to do with Mr. Onyema of Airpeace being indicted and charged in the USA.
“According to our Attorney General, the Fed. Govt. has not even been informed of the situation.
“American laws go after those who BREAK them. What a man sows…
“How much has Nigeria invested in the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme, NDDC & 13% derivation funds? All, mostly in a black hole.
“Do we know the extent of poverty, ignorance & disease in the Niger Delta?
“Please let America too help us see how Niger Delta underdeveloped Niger Delta.
“Those of us from the Niger Delta who are the direct beneficiaries of the sufferings that emanated from the looting of our wealth will tackle them.
“It’s our war that is being fought.
“Laws, Nigerian or American, go after those who break them so we must mind our business. QED!
“We are smarter now than ever before. Gradually, the scales of tribalism, religious affinity and political loyalty, are falling off our eyes and being replaced by Nigerianism.
“Nigerians are not keen on tales by the moonlight.
“Let him return to America and face his accusers!”
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