Major Hamza Al-Mustapha has stated that the $318,460,329 to be repatriated by the US government to Nigeria was not stolen by his former boss, the former Head of State Gen. Sani Abacha.
The governments of Jersey, Nigeria and the United States signed an agreement recently to repatriate the funds stolen between 1993 and 1998 during which Abacha was on power.
However, speaking to Voice of America (VOA) Hausa, Hamza who was Abacha’s Chief Security Officer stated that the funds were not stolen by Abacha but by his successors who launded them in his name.
He said, “But before Abacha died, our foreign reserve rose to over $900 billion. All the money being repatriated were those stolen by some leaders who served after Abacha’s death.
“The late Abacha’s successors in the Presidential Villa were the thieves who stole the billions and hid the money elsewhere.
“I was forced to implicate the leadership of the defunct PTF under President Buhari then, during the military era.
“If there will be a genuine fight against corruption in Nigeria, many people will be arrested.”
