The Federal Government has been advised by the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan to pardon treasury looters who are willing to return stolen funds.
The cleric made the appeal at the St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Nyanya, Abuja during his New Year message to the nation.
Cardinal Onaiyekan said that current happenings indicate that corruption would be eradicated from the country over time but added that fighting the monster called for care.
His words:
“It is okay to expose people and disgrace them, but that will not solve the problem.
“If we want our money back, we have to strategize so that the countries that are keeping our money can feel challenged to return them.
“The easiest way to get the money back is to convince them to go bring the money back, and then it will be easy.
“One way to convince people to bring stolen money back is to promise them that they will not be disgraced.
“This is different from plea bargain where you tell a person who stole hundred billion of naira to return fifty billion and be forgiven; that for me is not the right thing.
“If you have stolen hundred million and you are ready to bring back all, then we will leave you and not send you to jail, Nigeria can do that,’’ he said.
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