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.

Saliu Tunde Bello     Ndakene     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     General Hospital, Offa     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Sa\'adu Gambari     Ilorin Amusement Park     Oba Abdulraheem     National Democratic Congress     Yusuf Arowosaye     Yomi Ogunsola     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Gbugbu     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Ado Bayero     Www.Kwarareports.com     Musa Alhassan Buge     Seni Saraki     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Olateju Lukman     Dairo Kunle Paul     Atiku Abubakar     Ogbondoroko     Kolade Solagberu     United Nigeria Congress Party     Lanre Badmus     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Yetunde Balogun     Alapado     Yakubu Danladi     Dasuki Belgore     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Sanitation Exercise     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Babajide Ajayi     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Doyin Awoyale     Sobi Hill     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Rueben Parejo     Babatunde Idiagbon     Ado Ibrahim     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Toyin Falola     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Halimat Yusuf     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Illyasu Abdullahi     YAKOOYO     Obayomi Azeez     Saheed Alakoso     Lanwa     Goodluck Jonathan     Bond     Lafiagi     Florence Saraki     Tunde Oyawoye     NSCIA     Split Diamond Interchange     IESA     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Bola Tinubu     Ekweremadu     Mamatu Abdullahi     Ohoro Of Shao     Alabi Lawal     Agbarigidoma     Seed Technologies     Oko Erin     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Olayinka Are    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Saliu Alamoyo     Ganiyu Taofiq     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Musa Alhassan Buge     Farouk Salim     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Ilorin Like-Minds     Senate Presidency     Idris Amosa Saidu     Adisa Logun     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Kunle Okeowo     Roseline Oni Aremu     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Dogara     Oke-Ero     IEDPU     Joseph Bamigboye     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Peculiar Allowance     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Illyasu Abdullahi     Rasaq Jimoh     Bolaji Aladie     Leke Ogungbe     Maimunat Oniyangi     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Garba Idris Ajia     Okoolowo     Shao     Arinola Lawal     Diagnostic Centre     Raimi Iyanda     Budo Egba     Funke Adedoyin     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Congress For National Consensus     Saheed Akinwumi     Oluronke Adeyemi     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Abubakar Usman Jos     Obayomi Azeez     Rashidi Yekini     Yusuf A. Usman     Idofin     KWACOBPA     Balogun Ajikobi     Oniwasi Agbaye     Balikis Jawondo     Tsaragi-Share     Tsaragi/Share     Atiku Abubakar     Suleiman Mora Omar     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Kale Bayero     Dauda Adesola     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Mujtabah Bature     Toyosi Thomas     Haliru Yahaya     Riskat Opakunle     Ilorin Central Mosque     Rex Olawoye     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Chikanda     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Raheem Adaramaja     Ibraheem Abdullateef     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Oniwa