Okorocha advises Buhari to prosecute corrupt persons

by Azubuike Azikiwe

Rochas Okorocha has advised President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to prosecute individuals who have stolen from the nation’s coffers.

While lamenting the inability of state governors to pay their workers’ salaries on Thursday, the Imo State Governor who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Sam Onwuemedo, argued that Minister of Finance, Okonjo-Iweala should not have shifted the blame on state governors.

He implored Buhari to do whatever it takes to recover all the monies looted by public officials, past and present.

“God has begun to do something for Nigerians. The man, Buhari, who is coming in now, is a person who does not joke with discipline. When you talk about discipline, it is all-embracing. He will bring financial discipline into the system.

“By the time the man takes off, most of these things would be corrected. When the man at the helm of affairs is disciplined, invariably, other people must follow. Have you asked yourself the issue of the missing $20bn?

“All of a sudden, it was linked to somewhere. Nigeria is a rich country because God blessed this country. It will only take a strong leadership to get things moving.

“Buhari must set the ball rolling. Nigerians know why they voted for him. Even though he has said he will not probe anybody, but in the current situation we are, when it becomes necessary, with all these monies taken away by individuals, he should recover them for the country. If need be, he (Buhari) should put some of them on trial so that others will be very careful.

“A few Nigerians cannot be holding the entire nation to ransom. Whatever it takes to recover Nigeria’s money, it does not matter whose ox is gored; he should go ahead and do it. He must deviate from the old system for this country to move forward.”

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