A mild drama has played out at Shendam Close, off Anthony Anyaoku Street, a neighbourhood of Area 11, Abuja on Tuesday as a combined team of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the army raided three vehicles with several ‘Ghana must go’ bags containing huge sums of money.
According to Independent, the vehicles, a Mercedes Benz S350 series with Bauchi State registration number, KTG 01 AA, a Lexus SUV Jeep registered in Abuja and marked ABC 77 AKK were all stuffed full money huge bags.
The third vehicle, a BMW 640i series unmarked equally had several ‘Ghana must go’ bags at both the back seat and booth. The EFCC operatives numbering about seven and accompanied by two army personnel, according to eyewitnesses, stormed the area about 4.50p.m.
Independent reporter met the team scurrying through one of the vehicles, counting the money and taking video shots. It was also observed that the SUV had much of the bags in its booth. The daylight drama went undisturbed as shocked residents watched in disbelief till about 6p.m when the team drove off the vehicles to EFCC headquarters.
A young man in his thirties who did not give out his identity told Independent that one of the three men seen standing with the operatives claimed that the vehicles were brought there by his friends, now at large, who asked him to look after the vehicles.
The operatives refused to say who owned the large cache of money as they maintained stern attitude. (Independent)
Nigerian’s shocked…! I am shocked that Nigerians are shocked. Or they pretend to be shocked.
Many Nigerians know all their representatives, governors, and all the Politically Exposed Personnel’s (PEP)who have taken billions of money (naira, dollar, euro, pound sterling) from the agency, state, etc. they are in charge of.
Many people know all the houses, bungalows, boys quarters, vehicles, bunkers, etc. where these Nigerian’s are hiding these monies they have taken from Nigeria.
Please, let us not pretend that we do not know the reason why people are pointing fingers…the “5% whistle blowing compensation.” All it takes and all it will take is for this president (who says that he wants to fight corruption) to enact a legislation to search all these politically exposed personnel’s homes, bunkers, bungalows, boy’s quarters, etc. starting from the Obasanjo’s administration. I guarantee you, we’d find billions of money.
But wait a minute…he already has something similar to this…Former US President, Barack Obama gave President Buhari a binder of all the politicians and politically exposed personnel’s who have $1 million dollars and more in the US banks.
Also, Mr. President, you know that Nigerians would not be pointing fingers for nothing, therefore, increase the whistle blower compensation. I bet you, we’d see a lot of finger pointing and would recover billions more.
By the way, who is recording all these recoveries? And who’s safe keeping them?
Cash Ezimako