In
all honesty, a lot of things happened during Jonathan administration,
unfortunately he was not aware and he solely put his trust and relied on
the appointed personalities. This is quite unfortunate!
The
former president, Jonathan did not bother to supervise or monitor the
activities of the people in his cabinet that is why they rubbished his
administration with corrupt practices. He was ignorant of the monumental
treasury heist that took place under him.
In a meeting with
President Buhari recently, it was gathered that the Bayelsa born
politician was shocked when facts and figures were tabled before him
about how corruption reigned supreme under his leadership. According to
the report gathered from the private meeting, he was quoted to have said
that he’s just realizing this corruption for the first time.
Facts,
however, are beginning to emerge about the presidential meeting, which
was said to have been facilitated by the former Head of States,
Abdusalam Abubakar, former President Goodluck Jonathan at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja was shocked to see how his aides milked the
economy of the country dry.
We gathered that the meeting was at
the instance of the 2015 Elections Peace Committee, after former
President, Jonathan complained that President Buhari was not sticking to
the peace accord they signed.
Jonathan was reported to have also
sought for understanding on alleged corrupt practices and mismanagement
of funds under his administration, with a source saying the former
President claimed he was hearing about some of the graft allegations for
the first time.
The report however claimed that President Buhari
reportedly insisted that all looted funds must be returned to the
nation’s coffers, adding that the President also restated his pledge
that Jonathan had nothing to fear at all.
According to a source
quoted by the report, the outcome of the meeting between Buhari and
Jonathan formed the motive behind Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo’s
declaration at the weekend that the target of the administration’s
anti-corruption war was not Jonathan.
The report further
disclosed that the former President was not comfortable with the way
Buhari moved against his ex-Chief Security Officer (CSO), ex-National
Security Adviser (NSA) and some ministers, asking the Abdulsalami
committee to prevail on Buhari not to rubbish him.
Malok Jerry
and Dele Ogunsakin didn’t waste much time to fire him back on reading
this statement he made. Amazingly, the former president, GEJ has always
been known to take leave of the truth. On so many occasions as
president, he spoke from both sides of his mouth. At a campaign rally,
he said stealing was not corruption. The case at hand now is so bad that
even those he trusted who have come to him for succor are likely not to
get the desired shelter because Mr. Jonathan has made it clear to them
that everybody should now bear his father’s name whether you knew of
corruption or not.
A source said, “This man is always economical
with the truth. When the allegations against former Minister of
Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah broke, what did he do? What of those
allegation against Diezani Allison-Madueke? Was it not Jonathan who
allegedly blamed the House of Representatives of inviting Diezani too
much? Was it not under his leadership Diezani took the House of Reps to
court? Was it not same Jonathan who allegedly said stealing was no
corruption? Where did he get the dollars with which he was bribing
traditional rulers from? Lie has strength, but truth has endurance.”
Another
concerned citizen who were privy of this information said, “It’s so
unfortunate to hear a chief executive of a country claiming he is just
knowing if corruption perpetrated under his administration after
someone’s else has taken over the office, which means he does not have a
way of checking people he employed to work for him. Anyway, Law does
not know ignorance he should be punished according to the law of the
land. The issue on the loot should stand, because it will serve as a
lesson those thinking in that direction.” |
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