Vunderkind
Social Member
The presidency has assured Nigerians that the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Deziani Allison-Madueke and other chief executives of parastatals under her ministry will be tried and prosecuted if indicted in the ongoing probe into the allegedly missing $20 billion from the NNPC account.
This was contained in a statement by the presidency while giving reasons for Sanusi’s removal from the office of governor of CBN.
“This action of Mr. President is coming after a painstaking appraisal and investigation of all issues involved”, he said.
“The fact that this has occurred at the same period that Mr. Sanusi accused the NNPC of non- remittance of 20 billion dollars to the Federation Account does NOT in any way derogate from the grave infractions and illegalities discovered in the audit report of the CBN and its operations.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Nigerians should be assured that Government will go to any length to ensure that Mallam Sansui’s allegations against the NNPC are fully and conclusively investigated and if anyone is found culpable, they will be subjected to the full weight of the law.”
The presidency has declared that it seeks not to witch hunt nor impede the anti-corruption wheel by suspending Sanusi.
He explained that the issues which have led to Sanusi’s suspension dated as far back as April 2013, after the results of CBN’s audit from December 31st, 2012, was released to the President.
According to the report, there were several issues bordering on “impunity, incompetence, nonchalance, fraud, wastefulness and gross abuse of and noncompliance with provisions of the Public Procurement Act of 2007” by Sanusi.
