Excerpt
from new statement issued by Human Right Activists, Femi Falana in
Lagos on Monday about the $9.3 Money laundering case involving the
President of Christian association of Nigeria and the Federal
Government.
The statement reads:
“In recent time, some of
our pastors have been indicted in the United Kingdom for investing
church funds in business in violation of the Charity Act. “
“A
jet registered for the facilitation of evangelism cannot be leased to
another company for commercial purposes as churches are registered under
part C of the Company and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) as non-profit
making organizations.
“If Pastor Oritsejafor is lucky that he is
not prosecuted for breaching the CAMA, he owes Nigerians a public
apology. The CAN leadership cannot afford to engage in attacking its
political opponents in a matter pertaining to the breach of the law.”
“Having
not learnt any lesson from the disgraceful case of Chief James Ibori,
the federal government is currently embroiled in an unnecessary
controversy with South Africa over the arrest of two Nigerians and an
Israeli for smuggling the sum of $9.3 million into that country.
“The
three suspects are alleged to have contravened the provisions of
Section 30 of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act NO 38 of 2001 of
South Africa which stipulates that a person intending to convey an
amount of cash in excess of the prescribed sum of $10,000.00 to or from
South Africa must report the prescribed particulars concerning that
conveyance to a person authorized by the minister for this purpose.”
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