{"id":200,"date":"2012-11-22T17:45:33","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T17:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=200"},"modified":"2012-11-22T17:45:33","modified_gmt":"2012-11-22T17:45:33","slug":"shocking-where-is-the-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/shocking-where-is-the-money\/","title":{"rendered":"SHOCKING: WHERE IS THE MONEY?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"199_Sani_Abacha_316475466\"<\/a>SHOCKING: WHERE IS THE MONEY?
\nRecovered Sani Abacha’s $4.3bn Part Proceed Missing in Police Vault
\n…NSN Editors write Police Force Headquarters, awaiting IGP’s Response!<\/p>\n

THE present Nigeria Police Force is continously fighting image problem, both at home and outside the shores of the country, not neccessarily due to bad leadership, but alleged criminal tendencies and behaviour of some of the officers, within the rank and file, who are alleged to be so corrupt and could even ‘stage-manage armed robbery attack on an elite’, just to acquire illegal fortune.<\/p>\n

Recovered Sani Abacha’s $4.3bn Part Proceed Missing in Police Vault<\/p>\n

As such, when our Board of Editors & Directors received the news of missing late General Sani Abacha’s $4.3bn worth part proceed recovered from robbers by the police from their vault, we all brain-stormed in our North American Foreign Headquarters to unrave the truth behind the alleged dissapearnce.
\nSamson Shoaga, our hardworking Managing Editor was mandated by the Board of Directors to write the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar which he did below to ascertain the veracity.<\/p>\n

NSN Official Letter to IGP READS:<\/p>\n

IGP MD ABUBAKAR,<\/p>\n

ATTN: CSP FRANK E. MBA DEPUTY FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
\nFOR: FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
\nFORCE HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA.<\/p>\n

On behalf of the Board of Editors & Directors of Naija Standard Newspaper,
\nforemost Nigeria’s online registered news portal with Foreign Headquarters
\nin United States, we just received an information now that the stash of gold
\nand diamond jewellery worth thousands of pounds stolen by four armed robbers
\nat a value of $125,000 (\u00a377,000) of jewellery last year
\n\u2013 a staggering 20m naira when the said four men swiped $125,000
\n(\u00a377,000), total value of $4.3bn at the Kano House of late General Sani
\nAbacha, recovered by the Nigerian Police Force is missing from police
\nvault.<\/p>\n

We strongly believe in the effectiveness of the Nigeria Police Force that
\nwas why our Editors in North America met and unanimously agreed to reach
\nyou now for your immediate response to this story, since it is ethical in
\nour responsibilities to give people the right to air their views.<\/p>\n

Accept the highest greetings of our esteem greetings, as we await your
\nresponse now.<\/p>\n

Yours faithfully,<\/p>\n

Samson Shoaga,
\nManaging Editor<\/p>\n

URL: www.nigeriastandardnewspaper.com
\nTweeter Page: NSNONLINE
\nFacebook Page: Nigeria Standard Newspaper<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, we have not yet receive a reply from the heirachy of the
\nNigeria Police Force, while we still await their reponse.<\/p>\n

Controversy<\/p>\n

It would be recalled that Nigerian police recover part of Abacha’s $4.3bn hoard
\nfrom robbers through Jewellery worth 100 years’ income for average Nigerian found
\nafter being stolen from one home of the late dictator.<\/p>\n

Don’t forget that when Abacha died in 1998, Maryam- his wife, an ex-First Lady was
\ncaught trying to leave the country with 38 suitcases stuffed with cash.<\/p>\n

Naija Standard learnt that Nigerian police recovered a stash of gold and diamond
\njewellery worth thousands of pounds from robbers who targeted a home of the country’s
\nmost notorious former dictator.<\/p>\n

Earlier Reports of Police<\/p>\n

Immediately the incidence happened, Ibrahim Idris, Kano State Police inspector then
\nclaimed “We are still investigating. Not all the stolen jewellery has even been recovered,”
\nwhile his officials displayed a glittering pile that included two dozen gold necklaces
\nand some 40 pairs of gold earrings.<\/p>\n

The greed of Abacha, who ruled for five years after a 1993 coup, shocked even Nigerians
\nused to plundering on a grand scale. He is believed to have stolen $4.3bn while in office.
\nIn one case, he was accused of gutting a $500m state-owned steel plant. The tradition has
\ncontinued as Nigeria’s oil wealth continues to be looted. In April, James Ibori, an influential
\nformer governor, was jailed in the UK for looting $250m over eight years.<\/p>\n

The Abacha family have largely lain low since the short, flamboyant general died of a heart
\nattack while cavorting with Indian prostitutes. As his death sparked an outpouring of jubilation,
\nhis wife Maryam was caught trying to flee the country with 38 cash-stuffed suitcases.<\/p>\n

Abacha’s Foundation Collapsed<\/p>\n

A $5m Peace Foundation set up by the family, intended to sell “Abacha-themed” televisions, sandals, rice and
\nsoap, later crumbled.<\/p>\n

Also, a push to recover $4bn squirrelled away into the family’s private accounts in Switzerland forced the
\ntax haven to relax banking secrecy regulations after landmark rulings. In 2006, the Swiss authorities
\nreturned $500m to Nigeria \u2013 the first time European banks had returned looted money to an African country.<\/p>\n

Nigeria Police Force is Corrupt-US Govt<\/p>\n

The United States has indicted the Nigeria Police Force saying that corruption in the institution
\nremained very rampant. A recent report on Human Rights Practices compiled by the United States Bureau
\nof Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, said that the Nigerian Police corruption remained rampant,
\nparticularly at highway checkpoints.<\/p>\n

The Report stated: “Police routinely stopped drivers who did not commit traffic infractions, refusing
\nto allow them to continue until they paid bribes. The Office of the Inspector General of Police attempted
\nto strengthen the Police Monitoring Unit, which was charged with visiting police stations to search
\nofficers for signs of accepting bribes; however, the unit remained ineffective and made no arrests
\nby year’s end. Authorities generally did not hold police accountable for the use of excessive or deadly
\nforce or for the deaths of persons in custody. Police generally operated with impunity in the illegal
\napprehension, detention, and sometimes execution of criminal suspects. The reports of state or federal panels of
\ninquiry investigating suspicious deaths remained unpublished.. Citizens could report incidents of police
\ncorruption to the NHRC; however, the NHRC did not act on such complaints during the year, and no other
\nmechanism existed to investigate security force abuse”<\/p>\n

The US report also said that the Nigerian Police mistreated civilians to extort money, stressing that
\nthe law prohibited the introduction into trials of evidence and confessions obtained through torture.
\n“However, police often used torture to extract confessions. The law provides criminal penalties for
\nofficial corruption; however, the government did not implement the law effectively, and officials
\nfrequently engaged in corrupt practices with impunity. Massive, widespread, and pervasive corruption
\naffected all levels of government and the security forces. The constitution provides immunity from
\ncivil and criminal prosecution to the president, vice president, governors, and deputy governors
\nwhile in office” the US reports added.<\/p>\n

*Additional Reports by London Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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