Gowon Yakubu Emptied Nigeria’s Treasury And Fled To London—-UK Parliament.

<p><em>Gowon Yakubu is alleged by United Kingdom parliament to have looted Nigeria’s money when he presided over the country and military head of state<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports a British legislator who disclosed how former Head of State and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces&comma; General Yakubu Gown&comma; ret’d&comma; looted Nigeria’s money and practically emptied the country’s entire savings in the Central Bank and fled to <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">England<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;OpenLife Nigeria learned that this was the high point of the United Kingdom&comma; UK parliament on Monday&comma; November 23&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The parliament debated a petition seeking to impose sanctions on Nigerian Government officials involved in the shooting incident that occurred during the Endsars protest in Lekki on October 20&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The debate stemmed from a petition started by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Silas Ojo<&sol;a>&period; The petition garnered more than 220&comma;000 signatories&comma; crossing the 100&comma;000 marks needed for a petition to be debated by the lawmakers&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However one of the highlights of the debate was the moment a member of the parliament urged his government to place sanctions on Nigerians who flee to the UK with ill-gotten wealth&period; He also spoke about Nigeria’s former military ruler&comma; Yakubu Gowon’s alleged looting of the Central Bank of Nigeria&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He said&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What we are seeing in Nigeria today is part of that story&period; It is a tragedy we are all witnessing because we see things falling apart&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The problem this time is not foreign pressure known as colonialism&period; The pressure instead is corruption and violence and attempts at control &lpar;of power&rpar;&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We need to call out the corruption&comma; we need to use the powers that we have in this country to stop those who are profiting from the wealth of that great nation and hiding it here&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Now some people will remember when general Gowon left Nigeria&comma; he took half of the Central Bank&comma; so it is said&comma; and moved to London&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We know today&comma; even now in this great city of ours&comma; there are sadly some people who have taken the wealth of Nigerian people and hidden their ill-gotten gains here&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We know that our banks sadly have been used for that profit or that illegal transfer of asset and that means that the UK is in a unique position in being able to actually do something to really exert pressure on those who have robbed Nigerians&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;