Tuesday 2 February 2016

Obanikoro, return to Nigeria if you are sure you're innocent

 
The APC Publicity Secretary in Lagos, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, has advised a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, and his two sons to return to Nigeria to answer the fraud allegations against them.
While Senator Obanikoro has been accused of helping the Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, to rig the June 21, 2014 election, his sons, Gbolahan and Babajide, are being investigated by the EFCC for allegedly receiving N4.75bn from the Central Bank of Nigeria Imprest Account of the Office of the National Security Adviser under Sambo Dasuki between June 6, 2014 and December, 12, 2015.

Since the defeat of Goodluck Jonathan Obanikoro has relocated to America
where he said is studying History at Oglethorpe University in Georgia. His sons are also currently in the US.

However, Igbokwe said the matter was a serious one and that the Obanikoros should come to Nigeria to clear their name. He said sitting down and issuing statements from the US was not enough.

The APC spokesperson said Nigeria had an extradition treaty with the US, adding that President Barack Obama had even promised to assist Nigeria in fighting corruption.

He, therefore, said if the Obanikoros did not come back of their own volition, the US government could send them back home to answer for their alleged corrupt acts. So, the earlier the better.

Igbokwe said, “I advise the Obanikoro family to come back and prove that they have nothing to do with these allegations. They must come to clear their family name. It is important that they do this because the money that we are talking about is too huge for them to just brush aside."