The former presidential adviser on Niger Delta amnesty, Kingsley Kuku has released picture evidence of his knee surgery in the United States of America following his invitation for questioning by the EFCC.
The former presidential adviser on Niger Delta amnesty, Kingsley Kuku is currently on the suspect list of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The anti-graft agency has reportedly invited him for an interview which he turned down on the grounds that he was due for a knee surgery in the United States of America.
Some media reports had alleged that his claim was a ploy for him to get away, but he has released pictures of his treatment in the St. Andrew Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
He reiterates that he has no reason to be afraid of being questioned by the EFCC as he left a sum of N5.3 billion in the amnest programme account. He issued a statement on Sunday, 2nd of August to back up his claim.
He made the statement below:
“Today, Amnesty project has trained pilots as we have sent our students to the best aviation school in the world. We have about 100 students in Lufthansa training school in Germany. In addition, we have about 550 students in the United States, more than 300 in Europe and more than 1000 in Nigeria.
"I therefore, urge the new coordinator to take human audit and balance it with what was allocated to the agency in order to draw a line between those frivolous and malicious petition been sent around. I am a patriotic Nigerian; I have future and image to protect. Therefore, my integrity is more important to me than vanity of this world.
"The total liberation of my people of Niger Delta from poverty, unemployment, backwardness and illiteracy motivated me to design a program that will empower our youth. I have no regret serving Nigeria under former president Goodluck Jonathan.
"As human beings, we must have made some mistakes in course of discharging our duty. I have no foreign bank account, I have no house anywhere apart from Nigeria and I have since returned all government properties in my possession, including my diplomatic passport before leaving office."
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