The Nigerian Presidency has finally reacted to the viral report of 80 Nigerians indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI in the US for Fraud.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, told Channels Television on Sunday night that the Administration of President Muhammadu Buhari will work with all nations of the world to fight criminality.
“The government will generate and ask for new laws from the National Assembly and there will be new executive orders that will block some of these loopholes that have been exploited by our fellow countrymen to go out there and embarrass and black paint the country”.
“Every citizen of this country who travels out of the country is required to obey the laws of their host countries,”
“The government would not stand in the way of the justice system,” he said.
POLITICS NIGERIA gathered that Shehu also revealed that the Nigerians involved in the Fraud will be extradited to the US.
US authorities indicted about 80 Nigerians, for wide-ranging fraud, romance scams, Business email compromise scams, in which an estimated $46m was lost by American businesses, American citizens and people from other parts of the world.
GIVING MORE POWERS TO OUR EXISTING LAWS WILL FIGHT CRIMINALITIES BOTH HOME AND ABROAD.FOR INSTANCE,ABSOLUTE INDEPENDENT OF THE JUDICIARY,LEGISLATURE WILL MEAN A STEP IN RIGHT DIRECTION AND SURVIVAL OF THE NATION.