Governor Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole of Edo State revealed why former minister of Finance and coordinator of the Nigeria economy, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo Iweala must be arrested by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) without delay.

Hear him; “I am not shocked at the revelations from the arms probe. I have just told some people that the government has to go the whole hog because I know as a governor that no money gets out of the treasury even after I have approved as the governor without the commissioner of finance. That is the procedure.

“So, the probe should go into whether or not this money was properly appropriated, all of it. How did the money get out of the treasury, through who? The Minister of Finance, under the rules, must endorse before money gets out of the treasury, before the Central Bank of Nigeria will release the money.

“All those ministers of finance, including Okonjo-Iweala, should be probed. I don’t care what people say. You cannot be coordinating a corruption-ridden economy and be pretending to be an angel.”

“We cannot selectively deal with the issue. We must deal with all those involved in this chain of conspiracy.

“In criminal law, when two or three people are involved in an act of criminality, all of them are charged with conspiracy because you cannot get money out of the treasury without them knowing.

“For a government that was talking about transparency, due process, no objection and all those things they put in place, I am unable to accept that money can come out without the Minister of Finance endorsing documents.

“When you endorse documents, you must follow through to ensure that funds are used for the purpose that they were released.”

“Dasuki is only one bleeding point. There were several bleeding points in the system.

“If you look at the total expenditure on subsidy, which the World Bank has just released its figure, lay your hands on the various appropriation bills passed by the National Assembly in the recent past and see how much was appropriated for oil subsidy for those period and you will find out that they are not up to half of what government actually spent.

“This means money not appropriated was spent. That is criminal. People, who were involved in those acts, must be brought to justice.”