Ex presidents Men Secretly Returning FG Property to Avoid Prosecution

Government officials who served under
former President Goodluck Jonathan
have started returning some of the assets
they took away when they left office.
Some public office holders who served
under the former president, Goodluck
Jonathan administration have started
returning the assets of the Federal
Government they illegally acquired
following a directive from President
Muhammadu Buhari.
Leadership reports have it that former
top government officials yesterday, 17th
of August were secretly returning
vehicles, generator sets, pieces of
furniture to the ministries, agencies and
even some departments in Aso Rock
where they were obtained.
Furthermore, some former public
servants have also informed their
families to prepare to vacate houses
belonging to the Federal Government.
Most of the public office holders denied
their family members occupy those
buildings with their consent. According
to a source in the presidential circle, the
top guns have been calling to provide
series of explanations for holding back
the assets outside office.

The source said: “Throughout today
(yesterday), we have been receiving calls
from some of the former aides and
officials of government who claim that
whatever was still in their possession
were taken and were being kept either
by their families members or personal
assistants.“Some even claim that they
were aware that their family members
were still living in government buildings
while they were away in their
hometowns, or abroad where they are on
vacation. But their explanations amount
to nothing but medicine after death.
Whether they return the property or not,
they must face the law because what the
president is angry about is the action
itself.”
“We have the names of most of them on
ground already. What the committee is
doing at the moment is to ascertain
whether due process was followed before
they took the property as their personal
possessions.“Once discovered that they
did not buy them in line with the
monetization process initiated by former
President Olusegun Obasanjo, they will
still be prosecuted.”
President Muhammadu Buhari was said
to have set up a committee consisting of
security agents and civil servants to
identify and recover public assets still
with former political appointees. The
Senior Special Assistant to the president
on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba
Shehu also confirmed the asset recovery
process.