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.

Baba Isale     Ilorin Muslim Community     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Tsaragi/Share     Kale Ayo     Saka Saadu     Saduki Lafiagi     Oya State     Babs Iwarere     Wahab Egbewole     Tunde Yusuf     Na\'Allah     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Okin Biscuits     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Saka Onimago     Edret Sabi Abel     Shururat Olatinwo     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Oloje     Grillo     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Hajj     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Local Government Pension Board     Lai Mohammed     Okanlawon Taiwo     Muhammad Yahya     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Inside Kwara     Ilofa     Tuesday Assayomo     Falokun-Oja     Jamiu Oyawoye     Ramadan     CACOVID Palliatives     Suleiman Mora Omar     AbdulHamid Adi     Malete     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Ndama Al-hassan     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Wahab Abayawo     Abubakar Suleiman     KFA     Nurudeen Mohammed     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Kaosarah Adeyi     Muhammed Akanbi     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Lanre Aremu     EFCC     Amusa Bello     Ekweremadu     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Gwanara     Abubakar Imam     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Bashir Badawi     Olatunde Jare     Kola Bukoye     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Tunji Moronfoye     Maja     Musa Abdullahi     ER-KANG Mining     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Plat Technologies     Radio Kwara     Salihu S. Yaru     Igbomina     Principal Private Secretary     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Yaru     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Col. Adedipe     Magaji Are     KWTV     All Peoples Party     Bashirat Bola Bello     Akeem Lawal     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Bola Magaji     Idi-Ape     N-Power     Ahmed Dankaya     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Kisra     Coronavirus     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Omotosho     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Nigerian Army     Donatus Ejidike     Adedeji Onimago     Apaola     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Ilorin.Info     Abubakar Aliagan     Senate     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Tope Daramola     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Bolaji Nagode     Olushola Saraki     Haliru Yahaya     Prince Bola Ajibola     Kubra Kazum     Galadiman Ngeri     Joseph Offorjama     IYA ALFA NLA     Ojo Fadumila     Abubakar Ndakene     AGM Professional Services     Idiagbon     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Oko-Erin     Madawaki     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Ileloke     Orisun Igbomina     Esuwoye     Dele Belgore     Maja     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Yahaya Seriki     Orisa Bridge     Kola Ologbondiyan     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Oloye     Unilorin     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Ademola Kiyesola     Ajakaye     Quranic Recitation Competition     Edret Sabi Abel     Ibrahim Taiwo     Lithium Deposit     Government High School Adeta     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Issa Oloruntogun     Goodluck Jonathan     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Gwanara     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Sadiq Umar