The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at has warned those who looted the nation’s economy to return them or face God’s punishment.

It gave this remark in Lagos as it commenced activities to mark its 100 years of existence in Nigeria and 127 years of the group’s establishment in the world.

The Head of the group in Nigeria, Mashuud Fashola, who addressed a press conference in Lagos on Thursday, was speaking against the backdrop of the revelations linking many top politicians to the $2.1bn arms deal allegedly diverted by the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, during the tenure of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Fashola warned those he called “self centered Nigerians” who plundered the nation’s resources of the wrath of God, if they did not return the stolen commonwealth.

Fashola expressed appreciation to God for the growth of the Islamic organisation in Nigeria since 1916 when it was introduced in the country.

He added that “when the United States said Nigeria government was not sincere in fighting insurgents then, we thought they didn’t want to help but with the Dasuki arms-gate saga, it shows they know what they were talking about.”

The Missionary in Charge, Ahmadiyyah Muslim, Abdul-Khalique Sahib, prayed for peaceful coexistence in Nigeria and the current efforts to combat the Lassa fever epidemic.