Wh nigerians should help me beg buhari Obanikoro

Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has asked all Nigerians to help him Beg President Muhammadu Buhari to try to extradite him from the United States and see how terrible the mission would fail.

The former minister of defence had earlier challenged the federal government to try to extradite him and in an interview with Premium Times, he stuck to his guns daring Buhari to make the attempt.

The house of Obanikoro who served during the administration of Goodluck Jonathan was raided by officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for corruption related charge and the agency claimed he had forfeited the building.

In the interview, Obanikoro denied that he or any of his sons who are also accused of corruption by the EFCC have anything to do with the case

EFCC is keeping a close eye on two sons of Musiliu Obanikoro, ex-minister of state for defense who have been linked in the arms deal scandal
He said: “It is one thing to use their power to intimidate judges and compel them to do things that ordinarily they wouldn’t do. But because they’re trying to put everybody in a cage, they will blackmail, they will intimidate just to arrive at a desired conclusion. But luckily, God gave me the wisdom to seek more knowledge after office, that’s why I am here in America and not in Nigeria for them to persecute the way they’re persecuting others.


“Tell EFCC to give you all the documents of the company and account statements from the banks. Let them publish everything in the papers. And anywhere you see Obanikoro’s name, you should crucify me.

I am volunteering to pay for the publication. Tell EFCC to make them available then you call me, I will pay to have it published in the papers for all Nigerians to see. Not a kobo can be traced to me nor to my children. Not a kobo

“There’s a paper trail, this money was not just given in cash. There were bank transactions according to them. At a time they claimed the money was part of the $2.1 billion arms procurement funds. Now, they have changed it that it’s from the National Security Agency’s imprest account.

“Now, assuming, but without conceding, assuming that it was from NSA’s imprest account, does the law not allow the NSA to use its imprest as it pleases when it comes to security? Does the law not allow that? Go and read their release today, they said it was from the NSA imprest account. Let me tell you, I am not defending Dasuki, he’ll defend himself. But in terms of security parlance and the challenges we were confronted, N4.2 billion was too insignificant against the threat that we faced.

“I worked as Minister of State for Defence and I know the meaning of imprest account, so discretion is very key in this area.

“I am telling you and I am appealing to all Nigerians to also join me in asking them to seek my extradition.”

Obanikoro denied forfeiting his house and vowed to petition the judicial commission for what the EFCC did. He however insisted that he would not submit himself to be interrogated by the EFCC.

“They claimed I have forfeited my property, how can I forfeit a property without a due process? You see, my brother, the danger we face in Nigeria is bigger than what all of you are admitting. I am telling you, the danger you face in that country, if EFCC can go to a magistrate and lie to them and get an order that someone has forfeited his property, without a fair hearing? Without any letter inviting him to come and explain anything? Without the judge seeking to know the other side of the story before granting such forfeiture order? Nigeria is in a great trouble, my brother. We are in serious trouble. This is worse than a military era. Far worse than a military era.

“I am going to petition the National Judicial Commission on the activities of the judge. I do not have any business account anywhere in the world. Since I don’t have any business, you cannot trace any money to a business account. How can you forfeit someone’s sweat without hearing from them?