...another witness emerges with evidence from White House
Just as the dust raised by Governor Adams Oshiomh's statement over the
$6 billion dollars allegedly stolen by a former minister in the
administration Goodluck Jonathan, another prominent Nigerian, Queen
Zainab Duke-Abiola, the Akasoba of Kalabari land in the Niger Delta, has
said she had evidence from the White House that a former Petroleum
Minister stole $9.3 billion.
Duke Abiola, one of the wives of the late Chief MKO Abiola, in an
exclusive interview with The Nation, said: “According to the information
available to us, the minister stole more than $9 billion; not
Australian dollars, but US dollars.”
“And what I am saying is that the money should be used to develop the
Niger Delta. Use this to help the impoverished Niger Deltans,” she
added.
Can she prove the allegation? she said she was in Washington DC during
President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit, and that she met with White House
officials who revealed the information to her.
“My relationship with White House is over 30 years. Americans are very
eager to make sure that the money gets back. They want Nigeria to use
that money for education,” she said.
She continued, “Oshiomhole said it’s about $6 billion. Information
available to me states that the minister and her associates siphoned
away $9.3 billion. I’m watching the game that they’re playing. If they
don’t publish the evidence, I have documente to support this,” she said.
“If Buhari is not sure of his fact and figures, he should go back to
Washington DC. If I read in the papers that they say $9 billion, I would
keep quiet. But why are they saying only $6 billion?”
The woman said she was shocked when she received the evidence from the White House.
“Some people said that much money couldn’t have been stolen, I was one
of those who didn’t believe. When they gave me the document, I was
shocked. I have sent it to the appropriate Niger Delta elders. So, we
know that nobody is accusing anybody wrongly,” she added.
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