Buhari must start his administration by jailing thieves – Kokori

Human rights activist, Chief Frank Kokori, says the President-
elect, Muhammadu Buhari, should start his administration by
prosecuting and jailing looters as soon as he's sworn in on
May 29.
Kokori, who is a former General Secretary of the National
Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, said this on
Thursday.
The activist said by immediately prosecuting looters,
Nigerians would have an idea of what the Buhari
administration stands for and change would gradually set in.
He said,
“You cannot change everything in four years but when
Nigerians start seeing little changes in three to six
months and then in one year and you see people being
prosecuted and jailed for stealing public funds, and the
government ensures that all the funds that were taken
overseas are recovered, there is no way the needed
change will not come.
“Why should Nigeria have up to $250bn in stolen funds
abroad and only $35bn in our foreign reserves? The
international community is aware of this and the
incoming government is not foolish. Anybody that
thinks he has stolen and will go scot free must be
deceiving himself because if any thief goes scot free,
then the All Progressives Congress-led government is
not serious.
“So, the APC government must make sure that
Nigerians that stole money are prosecuted and jailed
while the money should be retrieved. Nobody should
run a government by saying you will forget the past,
no. The way Nigeria is today, people must be punished
for the pains they have subjected Nigerians to.”