The former Minister of Petroleum who is reportedly suffering from breast cancer has come out in her own defense stating that she has no billions anywhere in an exclusive interview with the Boss online newspaper.
In an interview with The Boss
Newspaper's Dele Momodu, ailing former Minister of Petroleum Resources
made the revelation when told that no one seems to believe that she
didn't steal money while in office.
She said:
"I can’t blame the doubters. They have seen more of the worst
of Nigeria that it becomes difficult to trust anyone. But let me
disclose something to you today because there is a difference between
belief and reality
I did an unusual thing in our last days in government. I’m not
sure I should tell you before people say I’m boasting. Ok, I actually
left $5.6bn in the NLNG alone. I doubt if such ever happened but no one
is talking about it.
I’m not seeking to be praised but to be acknowledged that I
made some little contributions. That money could have been wasted on
frivolities but I was determined to keep something for the incoming
government once we lost the election."
On what she would do differently if God should give her another chance, she said:
"The priority now is how to take care of my poor health. I’m
battling with a very serious type of cancer. I have tried everything to
contain the malevolent spread.
I have had two surgeries. The first was to take out the lumps
from my breast and the second was to cut deeper into the tissues. I’ve
gone through Chemotherapy and now I’m starting Radiotherapy. I’m praying
this one goes well because I don’t know if there is any thing the
doctors can do beyond this.
The steroids were devastating and at a point I slipped into
coma on July 28. My sugar level went wild first to 25 and then to 80.
The doctors called it a near-miss and I now know what they mean when
people say, 'health is wealth'."
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