BEVERLY HILLS, May 29, (THEWILL) – Yusuf, a retired Army General and anti-corruption crusader, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the alleged disappearance of $2.1billion recovered from the Abuja residence of a top politician in 2015.
He recalled that the money was recovered inside a building situated at Block 6, Flat 1, NNPC Housing Estate, Area 11, Abuja, which belonged to a top politician.
General Yusuf said he was perturbed that such recovery, that was made possible by a whistle-blower, was effectively swept under the carpet, despite the anti-corruption stance of the President Buhari led administration.
General Yusuf stated that following a tip-off by a female whistle-blower, the erstwhile Director General of the Department of State Service (DSS), Lawal Daura, raided the building and recovered the stashed loot.
He however noted that since October 30, 2015 when the operation took place, the recovered fund was neither accounted for nor any action taken to apprehend or prosecute any culprit but alleged that “some powerful and untouchable persons” within the presidential villa, vowed to deal with the whistle-blower, forcing her to run out of the country.
“At a point I was so unhappy and I decided to report the issue to General T. Y. Danjuma who is my senior colleague.
“He stepped in and also met president Buhari who also promised to look into the matter. Unfortunately the President took ill and went for surgery that kept him outside the country for awhile.
“Afterwards, everything concerning the matter went cold again. The president is a good man but the people around him are not telling him the truth. I am requesting for an open enquiry.
“I don’t know why those kind of people are close to the president. When we are talking about corruption and how to fight it, it is unfortunate that we have people there that are sitting on corruption.”
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