Civil rights organisation, the Anti-Corruption Network (ACN) on Sunday implored the Federal Government to investigate the $20 billion that suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi claimed was not remitted to the Federation Account by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
The group also stated its plans to organise a protest against Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Allison Diezani-Madueke.
“We are organising the mother of all protests against 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”, read a statement issued in Abuja by Executive Secretary of ACN and former member of the House of Representatives, Otunba Dino Melaye.
“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”.
ACN warned that it would not bigots and power usurpers to destroy the country, as corruption is the bane of development and it must be fought to a halt.
“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”, the statement continued, adding that 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”.
