I’ll probe missing $20b – Buhari

The President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, has said he will probe the missing $20 billion oil money.
Buhari, while receiving a delegation on Sunday from Adamawa State, said the sum involved is staggering for it not to be probed.
He said since the claim by a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and now Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation failed to remit $20 billion oil money to the Federation Account was documented, his administration would look into it.
Speaking when he received the delegation of the All Progressives Congress elected officials and supporters from Adamawa State at his campaign office in Abuja, Buhari said he was also looking forward to confirming if it was true some people had started making refunds to the coffers of the federation from money stolen.
He said: “On the issue of corruption, I heard that some people have started returning money.
“I will not believe it until I see for myself.
“You all remember what the Emir of Kano talked about when he was the governor of the CBN.
“He said $20 billion, not N20 billion, was unaccounted for.
“They said it was a lie.
“Instead of investigating it, they sacked him.
“And God in his infinite mercy made him the Emir of Kano.
“In any case, that is what he wanted.
“And since this was documented, our administration will take a look at it.”
Buhari also spoke on the menace of Boko Haram, the capability of the military and other issues.
He said: “We thank God that it is now evident that this problem of Boko Haram is not a religious problem.
“It is purely terrorism.
“I said it earlier that all the religions we practice, especially Islam and Christianity, do not support terrorism.
“So,anyone who goes and kills people in the mosque, church, market, motor park or school either does not know what Allahu akbar (God is great) means or does not believe in it.
“This is terrorism.
“It is our hope that God gives us the power to end this.”
Buhari said it was shameful that the Nigerian military that went to Burma during the war and performed now does not have the capability to discharge its responsibility creditably.
He said the Peoples Democratic Party had so much destroyed Nigeria that the expectations of the people from his administration are quite high.
He, however, promised to deliver on his campaign promises.