Ignore Diezani’s protesters, Sagay tells Buhari

The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against
Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has advised President Muhammadu
Buhari to ignore popular artiste and Convener of Our Mumu Don Do,
Charles Oputa, a.k.a. Charly Boy.

Charly Boy and some other groups will on Monday (today), begin a
daily protest demanding for the repatriation of a former Minister
of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, from the United
Kingdom where she is being investigated for alleged corruption.

According to the protesters, it is improper for the Federal
Government to be seizing cash and properties worth billions of
naira from Alison-Madueke without applying for her repatriation to
Nigeria to face punishment for her alleged crimes.

However, Sagay said the protesters had ulterior motives.

The senior advocate said Charly Boy and his ilk knew that the
judicial system in Nigeria was weak and could easily escape justice
and that was why they did not want Diezani to be tried in
London.

Sagay said, “Their demand is not only unrealistic but it is not
even being done in good faith. These people are hostile to the
anti-corruption struggle and are hoping that if Diezani is brought
here, there will be difficulty in getting her convicted.”

The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against
Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has advised President Muhammadu
Buhari to ignore popular artiste and Convener of Our Mumu Don Do,
Charles Oputa, a.k.a. Charly Boy.

Charly Boy and some other groups will on Monday (today), begin a
daily protest demanding for the repatriation of a former Minister
of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, from the United
Kingdom where she is being investigated for alleged corruption.

According to the protesters, it is improper for the Federal
Government to be seizing cash and properties worth billions of
naira from Alison-Madueke without applying for her repatriation to
Nigeria to face punishment for her alleged crimes.

However, Sagay said the protesters had ulterior motives.

The senior advocate said Charly Boy and his ilk knew that the
judicial system in Nigeria was weak and could easily escape justice
and that was why they did not want Diezani to be tried in
London.

Sagay said, “Their demand is not only unrealistic but it is not
even being done in good faith. These people are hostile to the
anti-corruption struggle and are hoping that if Diezani is brought
here, there will be difficulty in getting her convicted.”