There is palpable tension in Abuja, as President Muhamamdu Buhari plots to confiscate all empty buildings in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and sell them off.
This disclosure was made by the Senior Special Assistant to the President, on Public Prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla.
Obono-Obla made the call, when members of the ‘Say No Campaign’, a civil society organisation, paid a courtesy call on him, in Abuja.
Obono-Obla noted that there was a law known as the Recovery of Public Property Special Provisions Act, which had been in existence for the past 40 years, without being implemented by successive governments.
He said that if that law was used, corruption would have been reduced drastically in Nigeria.
“I want the houses taken over; that is where CSOs will have to work together with us.
“We have to take over those building and sell them, and maybe put the money into education for our children.
“I was appointed to work to galvanise the anti-corruption war; this assignment is a very important one, and I will do it well.
“If you know Public Servants or Directors that have properties, bring their names. I have been asked to focus on the public sector corruption, which is the endemic one.
“We can investigate anyone with a source of wealth that cannot be explained”, he added.
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