MANUFACTURING THIEVES AND PUBLIC TREASURY LOOTERS : "My Monthly Security Vote as FCT Minister Was 600 Million Naira" ... Nasir Elrufai

Former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir Elrufai, has revealed I. His new book, the Accidental Public Servant, that his monthly security vote while he was minister between 2003 and 2007 was 600 million Naira monthly. Going that the exchange rate at that time was 114 Naira to a dollar, this means that Elrufai had discretionary security votes of about $5.2 Million every month!

On what he did with the money, Elrufai said it was used to pay off informants and facilitate the work of intelligence and secret police officials in their bid to keep the FCT secure.