Mr Smart Ajaja, a U S Based Nigerian activist has revealed that the refusal of former President Goodluck Jonathan to probe alleged multi-million dollars found with one of the nation’s service chiefs, during his tenure was the reason America refused to sell arms to his administration.
Ajaja also reportedly said that blocking the movement of physical cash in and out of the country is the only way to stop corruption in Nigeria.
He said “If the government can’t monitor the movement of physical cash out of Nigeria, there is nothing we can do from there because what they do is they have agents they use to transfer these monies out, to put them in banks.
“They have special banks where they put the money but one good thing about the USA which is lacking here is that every human being is a security agent because they put the country first before any thing
“Here, we are very unwilling to give information. One, because of sentiment tied to friendship, bond of brotherhood and association as well as ethnic sentiment but until we abandon that and accept competence as the only tribe in Nigeria, we will not move forward
“I’m in total disagreement that the current war against corruption is one-sided. The political parties are no nations. Nigerians committed fraud against Nigeria and they are being prosecuted as Nigerians so the issue of lopsidedness does not arise. These are alleged criminals and they must be prosecuted to full extent allowed by the law
“I have heard some people talk about abuse of human rights. By spiritual, moral and constitutional standards, stealing is a crime and stealing at that level, when you abuse your position, your office, when you rob the nation, you are imprisoning the immediate generation and generations unborn, especially when it is of such high extent.”