Buhari- We have stepped up efforts to recover stolen funds
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday
in Abuja said that his administration had intensified efforts to recover looted
Nigerian funds.
The President, who announced this at
an audience with visiting United States congressmen, said government had taken
steps further by identifying banks, financial institutions and countries in
which payments for stolen Nigerian crude oil were deposited.
President Buhari acknowledged the
support and cooperation his administration was getting from the international
community in gathering required intelligence for tracing and recovering stolen
national resources.
“We are getting cooperation from the
international community, including information on ships that take crude oil
from Nigeria and change direction, or offload their contents into other ships
mid-stream.
“Some monies were paid to individual
accounts. We are identifying the financial institutions and countries that are
involved.
“I have been assured that when we
get all our documents together, the United States and other countries will
treat our case with sympathy,’’ the president told the congressmen, led by Rep.
Darrel Issa.
According to him, his administration
will welcome more regular meetings of the Nigeria-United States Bi-National
Commission.
He noted that the commission could
serve as a more useful platform for the promotion of bilateral trade and
economic relations as well as joint cooperation in the war against terrorism.
Rep. Darrel had earlier assured
President Buhari that the United States would support Nigeria against Boko
Haram by providing training, intelligence and military platforms.
“We look forward to helping you in
many ways to end the Boko Haram insurgency and the theft of crude oil in the
Gulf of Guinea,’’ he said.
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