I Will Probe Sanusi’s Allegation Of Missing $ 20bn – Says Buhari

President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari
(retd.), on Sunday said his administration would
take a second look at the claim by a former
Governor of the Central Bank, now Emir of Kano,
Muhammad Sanusi II, that $20bn, that was
supposed to be remitted by the NNPC to the
federation account, could not be unaccounted.
Buhari said this while receiving a delegation of
party supporters and newly elected officials on
the platform of the All Progressives Congress
from Adamawa State at his campaign office in
Abuja.
The President-Elect, who spoke in the local Hausa
language, expressed surprise that instead of
probing the allegations by the former CBN
governor, the authorities chose to fire him.
According to him, since Sanusi’s claim was
documented, his administration will take a second
look at the document when he assumes power
on May 29th.
Buhari said, “On the issue of corruption, I heard
that some people have started returning money. I
will not believe it until I go and see for myself.
“You all know what the Emir of Kano talked about
when he was the governor of the Central Bank of
Nigeria. He said $20 billion dollars, not naira, $20
billion dollars, 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, the
new administration will take a look at it.”
This is against the background of a
pronouncement by the Minister of Petroleum
Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, that the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has
started refunding the unremitted $1.48bn into the
federation account.
While expressing gratitude to the visiting
delegation, Buhari in response to several
requests, said his administration would work in
tandem with the manifesto of the APC.
He listed priority areas to include security of lives
and property, the economy, job creation and the
war against corruption.