Boco Edet
5 November 2009
Abuja — Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mrs. Farida Waziri has accused America of "creating a safe haven for looted funds."
Mrs. Waziri said in a chat with the business community during her recent visit to the country that she queried them for not investigating the sources of these monies before permitting investment.
The EFCC boss who was speaking when Director General of Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) Otunba Segun Runsewe paid her a courtesy visit at the headquarters of the commission in Abuja added.
"They know the sources are coming from this part of the world-third world countries."
She said if there were no countries encouraging Nigerian looters they would be forced to invest the money in Nigeria but "they go and buy homes there."
"You are using credit card facilities, they bring cash and you see it and you look the other way and if your citizens buy homes with cash you would investigate. It could only be maybe he won a jackpot or somebody died and bequeathed him otherwise its mortgage which they pay. But this is what happens, an offshore account where they take our monies to and I was also told they have something called death tax so if one dies in the process they take a chunk of that money," she noted.
Briefing newsmen on the debt recovery drive embarked on for banks, Mrs. Waziri said EFCC was pulling out of Lagos on Monday. She said she has also instructed the teams comprising of Police, SSS, NDIC and the CBN to withdraw from the banks.
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Madam, you are right. If not, how come it,s the easiest thing in the world to steal money from Nigeria and before you know it the money is in America? They(Americans) know fully well that stolen monies are finding their way into their country,instead of condemning and sending back the money they sit on it,Thieves.
i have read the comments of some of the people concerning the issue of america encouraging looters in nigeria including the EFCC chairlady.i laugh because its so funny knoiwng that we even need americans to solve our local problems.i ask this question How many american has stolen money to come and spend in nigeria?and if there had been any would nigeria have reported such person/s? our situation is really sad
i have read the comments of some of the people concerning the issue of america encouraging looters in nigeria including the EFCC chairlady.i laugh because its so funny knowing that we even need americans to solve our local problems.i ask this question How many american has stolen money to come and spend in nigeria?and if there had been any would nigeria have reported such person/s? our situation is really sad
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mrs. Farida Waziri has accused America of "creating a safe haven for looted funds."
This EFFC lady is with low mentality and psychlogy. How devil you are to accused America. Did america begs anybody to invest in their country or did they stole the money by their selves from nigeria. Cant you bring this criminals to justice, instead of making a hell of noise in nigeria dailies. If you really knows your duty, first of all, the first day you were nominated, you could have asked the nigeria parlements to give you a Veto power for you to be able to operant or to work. I think you better resign because you are just a philander and not creative at all.
i strongly believe that this efcc chairman mrs farida waziri lacks a lot of mentallity and that woman never have the ability to be efcc chairman, she is their only to serve as a spokeswoman and not crime fighter.America is America .nigeria is nigeria .every country is fighting coruption and nigeria is busy riging election and looting their money .she suposed to know that nigerian criminals even loot money to GHANA.and stop the useless acusse to America.after her tenure we dont know were she is going to loot her own.plz lady stop deceiving your self nigerian citizen has known you all.
mrs farida waziri, if you are tied please resign. this your inferior comment shows that this country in sad future.i am embarassed and shocked instead of hearing about how past and present criminals leaders is apprehended and face their justice.your are bussy accusing innocent America ,dont you know that nigerian leaders even loot money to small west african countries?.plz madam do your work at home.and bear it in your mind no help come from outside, so if you eat your salary do your work and stop deceiving your self.
It,s apparent some on this thread think you should only blame those that steal,not those who on some occasions instigate this criminality,I refuse to believe that.The law should be that those who steal (polit-criminals& their military counterparts) and their accomplices including those that,ve helped to keep the stolen loot are to be held equally accountable.The USA,UK,France,Swiss,SAUDI Arabia and a host of other hypocritical criminal aiding countries, are as much a problem to our country as those criminal politicians who embark on the act. America and others are making it easy to steal by accepting to help store looted funds,period.
YOU ARE WRONG "LADY," AMERICA IS NOT A BANANA REPUBLIC, AND NOT SAYING NIGERIA IS. NO ONE CAN PUT $11,000 CASH IN ANY BANK IN USA WITHOUT BEING INVESTIGATED. FIRST BY BANK HAVING STATEMENTS OF THE FUNDS. TAX DEPARTMENT IS SENT A COPY OF THE TRANSACTION SAME DAY. THEY DO NOT CARE WHO YOU ARE!!
IF CAUGHT AT AIRPORT SALES AGENTS SEE TOO MUCH CASH ON ANYBODY A ALARM IS PUSH AND CUSTOMS, IS ON THE PERSON WITHIN 1 MINUTE. WE HAVE EQUIPMENT TO FIND MONEY BEING CARRIED. WE CANNOT VIOLATES PEOPLE'S RIGHTS. WE OFFER REWARDS FOR INFO OF PEOPLE HAVING MONEY AND NOT PAYING TAXS