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Abeokuta — Senator Adegbenga Kaka has advocated a conditional amnesty for public officials that looted public purse to ensure that the looted funds could be returned into the country for productive use.

The senator, who is representing Ogun East senatorial district, spoke at the Correspondents' Chapel programme tagged: "Correspondents' Dialogue" in Abeokuta, emphasizing that the best way to retrieve the alleged stolen money by corrupt individuals that have been stashed away within and outside Nigeria was to provide what he called "conditional amnesty."

He explained that a comprehensive list of such individuals should be made public by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) so that they would be granted amnesty to enable them bring back part of the money.

"Our stolen money that is in foreign lands is more than enough to bail us out of the mess we are in now. Our stolen money that is lying idle within the shores of Nigeria is more than enough to energise our developmental efforts. So, we may have to consider granting conditional amnesty to all the treasury looters whether civil, private or public servants," he said.

"Conditional in the sense that, EFCC will do a thorough job along with ICPC and other agencies to get us a comprehensive list of the amounts looted and where the money is being hidden and we will now give them, the amnesty on the condition that within six month, the stolen money should be brought back into the country," the lawmaker said.

He added that, "we must invest this money in productive ventures. Productive venture like electricity, mass transit programme, agriculture and education that will make the future secure for the next generation. Those looters who fail to meet up within two years should now be made to face the music. If need be capital punishment, because they did not wish us well," the senator said.