Prominent Nigerian politician, Buba Galadima, has faulted claims that Nigeria’s late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, looted billions of dollars.
According to Buba, who claimed to be one of the Abacha boys, the late Head of State heeded the advice of Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi to save Nigeria’s money in different foreign account.
He went on to say several people in government knew about the funds being stacked up in foreign accounts. Therefore, it isn’t ideal to call it stealing.
“I have a completely different idea about what you called Abacha loot,” he said during his Interview with The Nation.
“I know as a fact that at that time, Abacha with knowledge of key members of his government, who knew about this money being stacked out, he was rightly advised by some of his colleague presidents around the world.
“Saddam Hussein was one of them. Muammar Gaddafi was one of them.
“They advised him that there was the likelihood that the US could sanction Nigeria and as such he should save money outside that could last the country, at least, six months, even Nigeria’s account was blocked by the US, there won’t be panic.
“I was a key figure in that government. I was one of the so-called Abacha boys if you must know.
“I was the Director-General, National Maritime Authority, whereby export and import to Nigeria, including crude, were directly coming under my desk.
“So, am in position to talk about Abacha and the so-called loot.”
Meanwhile, he faulted the government for talking about how the plan to spend the repatriated funds without first consulting the National Assembly.
According to him, the Federal Government isn’t ‘Alpha and Omega’ in the nation to be making such decisions alone.
