The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to adopt strategies that will ensure that corrupt politicians return looted funds.
According to the respected cleric, the Federal Government should not disclose the identity of politicians who return their loots, as doing so would discourage those yet to but contemplating doing so.
Speaking at the St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Nyanya, Onaiyekan said the war on corruption should be handled with care so as not to metamorphose into a merry-go-round.
Onaiyekan said: “It is okay to expose people and disgrace them, but that will not solve the problem.
“If we want our money back, we have to strategise so that the countries that are keeping our money can feel challenged to return them.
“The easiest way to get the money back is to convince them to go bring the money back, and then it will be easy.
“One way to convince people to bring stolen money back is to promise them that they will not be disgraced.
“This is different from plea bargain where you tell a person who stole hundred billion of naira to return fifty billion and be forgiven; that for me is not the right thing.
“If you have stolen hundred million and you are ready to bring back all, then we will leave you and not send you to jail, Nigeria can do that.”
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