President Jonathan has declared that he does not own any
bank account or property outside Nigeria. He made the remark during the
swearing-in of the 11 new Ministers yesterday.
As tweeted by his Special Assistant on New Media, Reno
Omokri, @renoomokri, he said “I am loyal to Nigeria’s economy. I don’t have
accounts or property abroad. All my children live and school in Nigeria.”
Nigeria former leaders are often accused of stashing
stolen money in foreign accounts and owning expensive properties abroad. The recent
revelation by the United States on Wednesday ordered a freeze on $458 million
in assets stolen by former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and his accomplices
and hidden in European accounts. And it was said that the corruption proceedings
on stashed away money in bank accounts in Britain, France and New Jersey were
frozen.
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