Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has replied the former minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s comments about him.
You will recall that the ex-minister alleged that Falana made the statement because she “hurt the interests of his corrupt sponsors” while she was in office.
Falana, in his reply, said Iweala’s service to Nigeria was characterised by lies and deceit.
He said “Her
baseless attack is not unusual as she is always quick to deflect
criticisms by accusing anyone seeking to hold her to account for her
appalling records in government of ulterior political motives.
“When
former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, alleged
that about N30tn could not be accounted for under her watch, he was
described as ‘an embittered loser in the Nigerian political space.”
“When
Governor Adams Oshiomhole questioned the illegal withdrawal of $2bn
from the Excess Crude Account, he was accused of having animus towards
her because she had blocked Edo State from obtaining a loan.
“Therefore,
instead of exchanging vulgar abuse with the former minister, I shall
respond to the diversionary allegations which lacerated her response and
the attempt to extricate herself from the mass looting of the
commonwealth under her watch,” Falana said.
Punch
reports that the human rights lawyer also faulted claims by
Okonjo-Iweala, saying that only $500m was recovered from the Abacha
loot.
Femi Falana was the Ekiti state Governorship candidate of the National Conscience Party(NCP) in 2007.
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