Currently in Washington DC to attend the Nuclear Security Summit, President Buhari has been meeting with US officials to discuss his war against corruption. At a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the summit, Mr Kerry said that he has been told that the stolen Nigerian funds stashed in the US ran into billions of dollars.
Mr Kerry said: “It’s not easy to hide that amount of money and we are pretty good at tracing such funds. Relevant United States government officials will meet with the chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to discuss further cooperation in that regard."
In addition, Mr Kerry applauded the Buhari administration’s success in rolling back the Boko Haram insurgency, saying that the US will continue to give Nigeria all possible support to ensure that the terrorist sect is finally eliminated as a threat to national and regional security. He also praised President Buhari’s clear order that Nigeria’s armed forces must show greater regard for the human rights of persons in the theatre of operations against Boko Haram.
President Buhari acknowledged that the US has been of great help to his administration in the retraining and re-equipping of the Nigerian armed forces. He added that that has resulted in the significant success already achieved against Boko Haram and the federal government was now working very hard to restore full normalcy in the states of north east Nigeria.
“Boko Haram no longer holds any local government area. We are reconstructing damaged facilities and preparing the police to take over and reassert civilian control over areas affected by the insurgency,” President Buhari said.
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