Where Has That ₦1.5 Trillion Gone? – El-Rufai Accuses Tinubu Of Impeachable Offense

Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has stated that President Bola Tinubu deserves to be impeached.

Naijaonpoint reports that El-Rufai, during an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’ programme, accused Tinubu of deducting ₦100 billion from the federation account each month without approval.

According to El-Rufai, such an action deserves nothing but impeachment, noting that the unauthorised deductions have been going on for over 15 months, amounting to a total of ₦1.5 trillion.

He said, “Government data. I’m not quoting something out of the air. So for that 100 billion that goes out every month from the Federation account, without appropriation by the National Assembly, by the way, without appropriation by the state assemblies, because part of the money belongs to the states.

“So each state assembly is supposed to appropriate that part. So the entire deduction and expenditure is unconstitutional. It’s an impeachable offense, but it has been going on for more than 15 months from the last time I checked.

“So where has that ₦1.5 trillion gone? What is it being used for? Why is the security situation just getting worse? Why is the government asking communities to protect themselves?

“Look if you asked me in 2022 or 2023 when we were campaigning, that things would ever be this bad, I would say that you are mentally ill.”