Sultan To FG: Tell Us Where Recovered Loots Are

The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III on Tuesday
urged the Federal government to explain to Nigerians how much loots
it had recovered and what they were being used for.

He spoke in Sokoto at the zonal dialogue with stakeholders on
the National Ethics and Integrity Policy, organized by the Office
of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, in
collaboration with the Independent Corrupt Practices and other
Related Offences Commission for the northwest zone.

The Sultan, represented by the Wazirin Sokoto, Prof. Sambo Wali
Junaidu, said keeping mute on the recovered loots would spell doom
for the fight against corruption in the country.

“The government owes Nigerians an explanation, we want to know
how much billions of naira was recovered from our past leaders.
Where the monies are and what are they doing with them?

“This explanation is necessary considering the state of our
education and other infrastructure like roads which need serious
government attention,” he said

He said the founders of the Sokoto Caliphate had written many
books on corruption and how it could be addressed using Islamic
ways.

The Sultan urged Nigerian leaders to obtain copies of those
books in order to be guided in getting to tackling corruption.

The zonal head of ICPC in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara
States, Ibrahim Alkali said the national ethics and integrity
policy was a child of necessity as “it was conceived and delivered
out of the urgent need to resuscitate and rejuvenate our lost
values of honesty and integrity as a nation.”

The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III on Tuesday
urged the Federal government to explain to Nigerians how much loots
it had recovered and what they were being used for.

He spoke in Sokoto at the zonal dialogue with stakeholders on
the National Ethics and Integrity Policy, organized by the Office
of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, in
collaboration with the Independent Corrupt Practices and other
Related Offences Commission for the northwest zone.

The Sultan, represented by the Wazirin Sokoto, Prof. Sambo Wali
Junaidu, said keeping mute on the recovered loots would spell doom
for the fight against corruption in the country.

“The government owes Nigerians an explanation, we want to know
how much billions of naira was recovered from our past leaders.
Where the monies are and what are they doing with them?

“This explanation is necessary considering the state of our
education and other infrastructure like roads which need serious
government attention,” he said

He said the founders of the Sokoto Caliphate had written many
books on corruption and how it could be addressed using Islamic
ways.

The Sultan urged Nigerian leaders to obtain copies of those
books in order to be guided in getting to tackling corruption.

The zonal head of ICPC in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara
States, Ibrahim Alkali said the national ethics and integrity
policy was a child of necessity as “it was conceived and delivered
out of the urgent need to resuscitate and rejuvenate our lost
values of honesty and integrity as a nation.”