Grant amnesty to repentant looters - Yusuf Ali

Date: 2016-04-11

A former Military Administrator of Bauchi and Osun states, Col. Theophilus Bamigboye (retd.); a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mallam Yusuf Ali; and the Bishop of the Diocese of Kwara, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Dr. Olusegun Adeyemi, on Sunday urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the anti-graft agencies to ensure that the anti-corruption war was not selective.

<>They also advised him not to spare any corrupt person in the country, irrespective of the person's political affiliation or status.

Bamigboye and Ali spoke during interviews with journalists in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on the sideline of presidential/award luncheon and fund raising of the Rotary Club of Ilorin GRA. Adeyemi spoke in an interview with journalists during the diocese's synod at Eiyenkorin, Ilorin.

Ali, who noted that the anti-corruption campaign was going on well, advised the Federal Government to grant amnesty to corrupt people who were willing to return their loot. He believed that this would make the recovery of stolen money easier.

Ali said, "I agree that the anti-corruption war must be holistic; holistic to the level that even those who have not been caught are tracked down. There should be amnesty; call people who you have found to have taken our money to return the money. What is important to us is how to get the money. Sending people to jail will not translate to money.

"So if you have taken our N20 and you are ready to give back N19, you can keep the N1 and we take the N19, we are still better off." Bamigboye, who is the President, Rotary Club of Ilorin GRA, urged Buhari and the anti-graft agencies to recover all Nigeria's stolen money.

He said, "Of course, I support the anti-corruption war. It should be holistic. If you are a thief, you are a thief. If you are caught, you return what you have stolen. We should recover all stolen money."

stated that it would be wrong for some corrupt people to be indicted and prosecuted while other corrupt people are left untouched, adding that there must not be any sacred cow in the anti-graft war. He added that Buhari must not be cowed or afraid in his efforts to reposition the country.

Adeyemi said, "Let President Buhari always remember to call for prayers. He cannot do it alone. He was a soldier, now he is a politician, and he is somebody who is into perfection. He should not be afraid. There are many people who love forthrightness. Let us work as a single entity."

The Deputy Governor of Kwara State, Mr. Peter Kisira, called for divine intervention in the affairs of Kwara State and in Nigeria.

Kisira, who was represented at the synod by the Permanent Secretary, Political, Cabinet and Special Services, Mr. David Adesina, urged Nigerians to continue to pray for the resuscitation of the national and state economies.

He also deplored anti-social behaviours and vices in the society and called for attitudinal change.

said, "Events of the recent past have confirmed, in no unmistakable terms, that we are already at end times. It is no longer news that insurgency, terrorism, kidnapping, armed robbery, economic strangulation, poverty, youth restiveness, cultism, sexual abuse, and the likes are today the order of the day across the globe."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Folorunsho Erubu     Egbewole     Taiwo Joseph     Wahab Issa     Ndama Al-hassan     IsDB     Joseph Daudu     Saka Adeyemo     Bayo Onimago     Cassava Growers\' Association     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Bayo Ojo     Yakubu Shaaba     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Village Alive Development Association     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Shaaba Lafiagi     Rotimi Oyedepo     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Laduba     Afolayan     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     KWASIEC     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Iqra Books     JUSUN     Habeeb Saidu     Oniye     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Joseph Bamigboye     Towoju     Photo News     Offa Descendants Union     Bashiru Makama     LEAH Charity Foundation     Paul Olawoore     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Risikat Lawal     National Pilot     Abdulrazaq Sanni     IFK     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Ibrahim Taiwo     Abatemi-Usman     Ethical College     Mohammed Yisa     Adegoke Bamidele     Mukhtar Shagaya     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Mufutau Olatinwo     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Ijakadi     CT Ayeni     Tafida Of Kaiama     Abdulkareem Alabi     Temi Kolawole     SARS     Baba-Isale     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Olatinwo     Shero     UTME     Kwara State Sports Commission     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     KWATMA     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Sarkin Malamai     Clara Nwachukwu     Hijaab     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Sulyman Buhari     Mohammed Abduraheem     Www.Kwarareports.com     Abatemi Usman     Ayekale    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Okin Biscuits     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Gurei     Idowu Laro     Computer Based Test     Owo Isowo     Olokoba     Temi Kolawole     Olugbense     Kwasu     Garment Factory     Pategi     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Ilorin Like-Minds     Mustapha Olanipekun     Offa Metropolitan Club     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Halimah Perogi     Aisha Gobir     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Ileloke     Oniyangi     Kola Shittu     Ladi Hassan     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Oja-Oba     Kazeem Adekanye     ER-KANG Mining     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Atiku     Sabi     Kwara 2019     Olatunji Moronfoye     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Oyin-Zubair     Yusuf Mubarak     Saka Balikis Kehinde     GAMA     Kwara North     Yomi Adeboye     Ibrahim Abikan     Nagode     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Bilikisu Oniyangi     James Kolo     Isiaq Khadeejah     Christopher Odetunde     Okin Biscuit     CACOVID     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Suleiman Ajadi     Michael Nzekwe     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     KWASIEC     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Musa Alhassan Buge     Medview Airlines     HYPPADEC     Ahmed Bayero     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Kolade Solagberu     Apaola     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Mohammed Yisa     Kayode Laro     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Hikmah AbdulKareem     National Party Of Nigeria