Chief Edwin Clark had expressed the frustration of the region, urging President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately set up a committee to dialogue with PANDEF. He noted that since the group met the president in November 2016, nothing had happened.
Browsing: Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan
“The charge of aiding the commission of money laundering offences preferred against me has finally confirmed the orchestrated plans to bring me to public disrepute in order to satisfy the whims and caprices of some powerful interests on revenge mission.
The new IMF report placed Nigeria ahead of South Africa and Egypt which are second and third respectively.
The scandal had been a subject of a worldwide investigation in five different countries including in Nigeria by the EFCC.
The group said it is not in support of corruption, but against the manner in which the agency is investigating Mrs. Jonathan, who, according to them, has had an “impressive and fortuitous pedigree.”
“All I can say is that there are solutions. Nigeria is a vibrant country. I love it so much. I know it is going to come out of this one way or another,” she said.
He said, “I want Nigerians to realise that what this government inherited after 16 years of PDP government was no savings, no infrastructure, no power, no rail, no road and no security.”
Tompolo had accused President Muhammadu Buhari of unfair treatment and alleged molestation of his 84-year-old father in a recent letter to the President from hiding since he was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on allegations of corruption and fraud.
According to him, in spite of some infringements, the Local Content Act has been relatively successful, adding that a lot has happened within the sector between 2010 and date.
He asked the Federal government to publish how much the region has received since the 13 percent derivation started.