BREAKING: Buhari Seeks Senate’s Approval To Pay N226bn, $556.8m, £98.5m Judgement Debts

President Muhammadu Buhari, has asked the Senate to approve a request to pay the judgement debt in the sum of $566,754,584.31, £98,526,012.00, and N226 billion.

The PUNCH reports that the monies were owed by the Federal Government through the issuance of promissory notes.

Buhari’s letter of request was read at plenary by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday.

Recalls that in January report had it that there were 648 cases brought against the president and other FG parastatals.

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), revealed that Buhari’s regime had secured a conviction in 397 terrorism cases while 7,000 crime and anti-corruption cases had been successfully prosecuted by the government in eight years.

According to the AGF, the secured conviction was out of 3,000 terrorism-profiled charges, of which 1,500 were filed.

“A total of 7,000 cases involving various offences, including maritime, armed robbery, vandalism of electrical equipment and pipelines, financial matters, cybercrime, kidnapping, and anti-corruption, have been successfully prosecuted,” the AGF disclosed while presenting the scorecard for the Federal Ministry of Justice from 2015 to date.