President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday told former President Goodluck Jonathan to be afraid of probe only if there is skeleton in his cupboard.
The president also refuted claims that he was harassing the family of the former Nigerian leader in any way. Buhari’s remarks followed an outburst by Jonathan in a new book, “Against The Run of Play”, written by the Chairman of ThisDay Editorial Board, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi that the present administration was hounding members of his family with its anti-corruption crusade. In a statement by Buhari’s spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina on Wednesday, President Buhari told Jonathan that “fear belongs only to those who have abused trust while in office.”
The president asked anyone with valuable grievances to approach the courts for redress.
The statement read thus: “The Presidency is constrained to respond to the banner headline story in a national newspaper of Wednesday, April 26, entitled: Buhari’s govt harassing my family, saying Jonathan. “The paper said former President Goodluck Jonathan made the allegation in a new book, “Against The Run of Play”, written by the Chairman of ThisDay Editorial Board, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi. “The former president also reportedly disagreed with the style being used by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in fighting corruption.
“We make bold to state unequivocally that President Buhari harasses nobody; he merely allows the law to take its course. For the umpteenth time, we say that anybody without skeleton in his or her cupboard, has nothing to fear about the bared fangs of the anti-corruption initiative. “Fear belongs only to those who have abused trust while in office. Anybody who feels aggrieved is free to approach the courts to seek redress or justice.
President Buhari believes in the rule of law and that is why his campaign against corruption is anchored on that plank. “With regard to President Buhari’s anti-graft style, which the former president deprecates, given the scale of revelations and recoveries so far by the anti-corruption agencies, it is obvious that corruption had an uninhibited course during our recent past. “In any case, time will give the verdict on whose style of fighting corruption ultimately yielded the most dividends.
“For now, President Buhari is resolute and single-minded in the fact that his crusade against graft is not targeted at any individual or group.
“He firmly believes that national interest must always be placed above personal interest, no matter who is involved.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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ReplyDeleteBuhari,it isn't a question of being afraid. It's all about your approach. You've harassed Jonathan enough. Your style is crude, unrefined and barbaric. Many of your cabinet members are much worse than you care to believe. Don't get me wrong. I'm never ever in support of corruption. You very well need a change of style.
ReplyDeleteCabinet ministers are not immune to prosecution. If anyone has a case against any cabinet minister, why does such a person not take it to court, instead of constantly trying to cast a slur on the current anti-corruption fight by making oblique references to supposedly corrupt people in government?
DeleteAnd, by the way, what is crude about the current anti-corruption fight? If people could crudely steal money and hide it in all sorts of funny places, what is crude about following tip-offs to expose such crude stealing which has impoverished the nation? Jonathan claims he fought corruption in his time. How much did he recover from his claimed fight? He points out the case of Stella Oduah whom he was forced to remove as minister. But what happened to Stella and her loot? Jonathan was simply overwhelmed by the public outcry, and he decided to sacrifice Stella. He knew all that Diezani did but the bond between him and her was too strong. It was public knowledge that Diezani had absolutely no respect for him due to their historical close relationship.
Jonathan should accept that he blew his golden chance of impacting Nigerians positively. He completely wasted all the goodwill that brought him to power. He cannot by proxy of a bogus biography rewrite history.
Let's watch and see hw the figth goes.
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