The South-East chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Friday, called for the prosecution of former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

The party in a statement by the spokesperson of its South-East leadership caucus, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, said Iweala “failed woefully to save Nigeria’s humongous Crude Oil Windfall under her watch, in an economy which ex-president, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, innocently handed over to her to coordinate.”

He stated that “Dr (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-IWEALA should be prosecuted for her conspiracy in squandering the humongous Crude Oil Windfall, which accrued under her watch as Minister of Finance and the Coordinator of the economy.

“My understanding is that ex-president Jonathan handed over the economy for our sister to manage because of her acclaimed international pedigree. A World Bank renowned economist and one who bided for World Bank President has no excuse; for her to remain in office while the profligacy was going on, in other words supervised the bazaar, and refused to resign in honour, she should be jailed.”

“On the fact that she was not the President and the buck didn’t stop at her desk, Mr Okechukwu retorted, “give me a break. Ngozi could should have resigned, that’s the path of honour and rectitude. It is easy to sit in her comfort zone in the United States and plot an escape route from the economic adversity she unleashed on Nigerians. Am not defending the ex-president, but let the truth be told. Jonathan is now the bad guy, while she is the saint. Did she cry out loud or resign?

“Why didn’t she quit her juicy office to demonstrate her sincerity? This is a lady held in high esteem who publicly announced the award of three Greenfield Refineries at $23 billion in 2010, one to be located in Lagos, Bayelsa and Kogi states, and the question is where is the refineries or the money? She should be jailed for betraying our citizenry.

“For me she is a con artist who deceived the whole world by her Nollywood-Rebasing of Nigerian economy as the largest economy in Africa. Can a looted treasury produce the growth she posted during the Jonathan era?”