Nigeria looters hide money in burial grounds
Whistle-blowers have inundated the Nigerian anti- corruption agencies with information of looters hiding money in cemeteries.
Information and Culture minister Lai
Mohammed disclosed receiving numerous reports of the looters also
burying money in deep forests and their backyards.
The Senior Special Adviser to the minister,
Mr Segun Adeyemi, said in a statement on Sunday that the whistle-blower
policy was working and had led to the recovery of more funds in
different currencies.
The minister thanked Nigerians for their
commitment to helping the government tackle corruption through provision
of useful leads to government agencies.
Tremendous support
Since the whistle-blower policy was launched, the government, he said, had received tremendous support from Nigerians.
“Yes, there is monetary reward for any
information that leads to recovery of looted funds, but from what we
have seen, most of the Nigerians who have come forward with useful leads
were driven by patriotism rather than reward.
”Nigerians have daily inundated the offices
of the appropriate government agencies with valuable information,’’
said Mr Mohammed.
At all levels
He thanked the whistle-blowers and noted
that more funds were in the possession of looters than were available to
government at all levels to meet its obligations.
The minister assured that the government would give full account of the recovered funds to Nigerians.
Whistleblowing has led to the recovery of more than $100 million from different locations in the last two weeks.
Shopping malls
Monies in various currencies were recovered in Kaduna, Lagos and Abuja.
Some hard currencies were found in abandoned shops, private homes and shopping malls recently.
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