Have you ever heard the saying, “there’s love in sharing"?
I’m sure you have.
It’s no longer news that the foreign accounts of the former Head of State, Sani Abacha, have been frozen by the Nigerian government and that the money there, has been saving Nigeria since nineteen-ninety jigidi.
When things are hard for the country, our federal government just dips its hand inside the accounts, brings out money and helps our economy.
Let’s clap for the man of the moment jare. Abacha must have known we’ll need the money someday.
But, his family, on the other hand, obviously don’t like sharing the Christmas money the patriarch of their family had left behind.
Over the years, the family has been trying to lay their hands on the money in those foreign accounts all to no avail and for the second time, the Supreme Court is denying them that access they seek.
According to the highest court in the land, the family is being denied access because the appeal filed by Ali Abacha this year, is the same as that filed by Abba Sani last year. And the fact that the appellants are two different people, isn’t relevant.
Also, the court pointed out that both appellants were represented by the same lawyer, Mr. R.O Atabo, who didn’t advance
" any superior argument to warrant a departure from our decision in that case. This issue is resolved against the appellant.”
And on those grounds, the court held that that the appeal lacked merit and would be dismissed.
Which do you think is better? Should Supreme Court grant access to the family, after all, the frozen accounts have saved Nigeria many times. Or should it keep denying the family access so the federal government can keep ‘borrowing’ from these honeypots?
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