Onaiyekan advises Buhari to grant amnesty to looters
- The Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to grant amnesty to treasury looters
- Onaiyekan also accused Buhari of selective fight in the ongoing war against corruption
- He called on the federal government to create channels for quiet refund of stolen public monies
The Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to grant amnesty to treasury looters in the country.
Onaiyekan made the statement in his New Year message delivered at Saint Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Nyanya, Abuja.
According to Blueprint, he also called on the federal government to create channels for quiet refund of stolen public monies.
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Onaiyekan said if such method is entrenched, it will make it possible to repatriate a lot of stolen money in foreign banks.
He went on to say he heard that the president has been using the said method for his friends alone, even as he accused Buhari of selective fight in the ongoing war against corruption.
His words: “The war against corruption should go beyond public denunciations and arraignment before sensational tribunals.
“Can there be offer of channels for quiet repentance, refunds and amnesty?” the clergy asked rather rhetorically, adding that “this is more likely to be effective, especially for repatriating of funds lodged in foreign banks.
“Already, we hear that Mr President is applying this system quietly with some of his friends. This should be made an open policy available to everyone with good intention.
“The endemic corruption that we have seen may have sucked in many decent people with no real intention to steal public funds.”
Onaiyekan advised that the corruption war should be made an open policy to everyone with good intention “and those who refuse to avail themselves of such an opportunity for amnesty should be pursued, prosecuted according to law, and if found guilty, made to face the full wrath of the law.”
He added that peace and progress will continue to elude the country unless justice is embraced by all and sundry.
Three months ago, Onaiyekan stirred controversy when he stated in an interview with Vatican Radio that Boko Haram were religious extremists but that some of them were sincere.
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