Depite wo mu Bwongereza arashinja uwahoze ari umuyobozi wa Nigeria, Yakubu Gowon, kwiba kimwe cya kabiri cya banki nkuru ya Nigeria.

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Ku wa mbere w’iki cyumweru, umwe mu bagize Inteko ishinga amategeko y’Ubwongereza, Tom Tugendhat, yashinje Lt Col Yakubu Gowon wahoze ari umukuru w’igihugu cya Nigeria “kwiba kimwe cya kabiri cya Banki Nkuru ya Nigeria”, ikirego uyu yahakanye yivuye inyuma.

Tugendhat yabivugiye mu kiganiro mpaka cy’abadepite kuri EndSARS, cyibanze ku kumenya niba leta y’Ubwongereza igomba gufatira Nigeria ibihano nyuma y’imyigaragambyo yamaganaga ubugome bwa polisi bivugwa ko byaviriyemo urupfu bamwe mu bitabiriye iyo myigaragambyo.

Umudepite wo mu ishyaka riharanira inyungu rusange, Tugendhat, ubwo yashinjaga abayobozi ba Nigeria kurya ruswa yagize ati:

Abantu bamwe bazibuka igihe Jenerali Yakubu Gowon yavaga muri Nigeria hamwe na kimwe cya kabiri cya Banki Nkuru ya Nigeria, nkuko bivugwa, maze yimukira i Londres.

Turabizi ko uyu munsi, ndetse n’ubu, muri uyu mujyi ukomeye wacu, hari ikibabaje, hari abantu bibye abaturage ba Nigeria bagahisha inyungu zabo mbi hano.

Turabizi ko banki zacu, ikibabaje, zakoreshejwe muri izo nyungu no guhererekanya umutungo mu buryo butemewe. Ibyo kandi bivuze ko Ubwongereza buri mu mwanya udasanzwe mu kuba bushobora kugira icyo bukora kugira ngo koko kotsa igitutu abambuye abaturage ba Nigeria.

Ariko mu kiganiro na BBC, Gowon yavuze ko ibyo umudepite w’Ubwongereza avuga nta shingiro bifite. Ati: “Sinzi aho yakuye iyo myanda, nakoreye Nigeria nshishikaye kandi inyandiko zanjye zirahari kugirango bose babone”.

Gen. Yakubu Gowon yari umukuru w’igihugu cya Nigeria kuva 1966 kugeza 1975. Yari yitabiriye inama y’umuryango wa Afurika Yunze ubumwe (OAU) yabereye i Kampala, muri Uganda, ubwo bamubwiraga ko yahiritswe ku butegetsi n’itsinda ry’abasirikare ku ya 29 Nyakanga 1975.

Gowon, na we waje ku butegetsi akoresheje guhirika ubutegetsi kandi yagize uruhare runini mu gukumira amacakubiri ya Biafran, yahise ajya mu buhungiro mu Bwongereza.

Ibihugu bikennye byo muri Afurika bifite amatiriyari y’amadolari yabitswe n’abanyagitugu bo muri Afurika mu ma banki y’i Burayi no mu bigo bya Leta zunze ubumwe z’Amerika, bafite ubumenyi buke bwo kubaho kwayo. Aya mafaranga yibwe n’abayobozi bafite umururumba watumye bima abaturage babo ibintu by’ingenzi bikenerwa mu buzima mugihe bayatungisha imiryango yabo.

Umwe mu bayobozi nk’abo ni umunyagitugu wo muri Nigeria, Sani Abacha, ukekwaho kuba yaribye miliyari zisaga 5 z’amadorari akazabika mu ma banki mu mahanga. Inzira z’ubugizi bwa nabi bwe zagaragaye nyuma y’urupfu rwe mu 1998 kandi igihugu kiracyarwanira kugarura amafaranga make bazi.

Mu 2004, Sani Abacha yashyizwe ku mwanya wa kane mu bayobozi bononekaye muri ruswa mu mateka. Afatanije n’umujyanama we w’umutekano mu gihugu, Alhaji Ismaila Gwarzo, basabye inkunga y’ibinyoma kandi barayemeza. Amafaranga yakoherezwa muri Banki Nkuru ya Nigeria bagahita bayohereza kuri konti zabo zo hanze.