Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, says corruption would have reduced in Africa if western countries do not help in keeping looted funds.
He said this at the African non-governmental organisation (NGO) forum held in Banjul, Gambia.
The lawyer accused the western media and Transparency International (TI) of failing to join the campaign for the repatriation of the looted wealth of Africa.
“If the western countries do not warehouse such loot, corruption by criminally minded politically exposed persons will be greatly reduced,” he said.
He charged African NGOs to challenge the narrative on corruption by rejecting the “western propaganda peddled by the Transparency International which has continued to paint Africa as the most corrupt continent on earth”.
Falana asked why TI has deliberately refused to classify Switzerland, UK US and France as corrupt when the bulk of the…
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