President Goodluck Jonathan has been called upon not to sweep the alleged missing $20 billion oil money under the carpet.
A civil rights organization, Anti-Corruption Network, made the call in a statement on Sunday, saying the allegation should be thoroughly investigated and anybody find culpable brought to book.
Prompt News recalls that the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, had raised the alarm shortly before his suspension that a whopping $20 billion has not been remitted into the Federation Account by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
In the statement on Sunday, the Executive Secretary, Anti-Corruption Network and former member of the House of Representatives, Dino Melaye, threatened that the group would spearhead a mass protest against the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Allison Diezani-Madueke.
“We are organising the mother of all protest against the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Allison Deziani Madueke and the NNPC over the missing $20 billion and more. We shall no longer keep quiet over issues that concerns us as a people and may destroy our future.
“The Police and other security agencies should be ready to arrest, intimidate, harass, shoot, teargas and maltreat us. Nigerians should not be taken for granted. The time for change is now! We have no other country to call our own but Nigeria.
“We will not allow bigots and power usurpers to destroy our God’s-given country. Corruption is the bane of our development and we will fight it. In an unjust society, silence is a crime. Through this protest, we will prove that power truly belongs to the people and will call the attention of the world on Nigeria.
“Mobilisation is ongoing like never before. A date and time will be circulated soonest. No one can stop a moving train. We shall and must salvage our fatherland even with our blood. We will prove that though tribe and tongue may differ but in brotherhood we stand. We shall surely overcome the forces of evil. God bless Nigeria,” Melaye stated.
