The Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, made this known in a statement issued by Dr Umar Gwandu, his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations on Monday in Abuja.
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The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Tuesday said his administration would partner with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to combat graft, including recovering funds looted from the state treasury.
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2019 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has told President Muhammadu Buhari, who is flying the flag of the All Progressives Congress for the election, that he is the one with history of bringing in looted funds into the country.
Ladidi Mohammed, the Director, Asset Recovery and Management Unit, Ministry of Justice, gave the assurance on Wednesday in Abuja, at a citizens’ dialogue on Post-Global Forum on Asset Recovery roadmap and asset recovery in Nigeria.
The PDP said the APC and its Federal Government cannot continue to play the saints when state governors, who stole hundreds of billions of naira meant for the development of their states to fund President Buhari in 2015, are still enjoying cover as members of the Buhari kitchen cabinet, despite outrage from Nigerians.