Former
President Goodluck Jonathan has summoned his former aides and
ex-ministers over the ongoing probe of the $2.1 billion arms deal
purchase scam investigated by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Jonathan and some of his former ministers
According to an exclusive report on Punch,
some former ministers and aides that served under ex-President Goodluck
Jonathan’s administration, met the ex-president on Sunday over the
ongoing probe of the $2.1 billion arms deal purchase scam which has
involved those who served at the past administration.
It was gathered that many of the former ministers were not only
disturbed, but also jittery by the concentration of President Muhammadu
Buhari’s anti-graft war on those who served under Jonathan.
It can be recalled that Senator Ali Ndume, the Senate Leader, on
Friday in a report, said President Buhari should authorise the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe and prosecute Jonathan.
Ndume had said, "Nobody is supposed to be above the law. If
Jonathan is a culprit, he should face the law. If there is evidence that
the former President should face the law, then, he should. After all,
he is presumed innocent until proven guilty."
It was also reported that the Senior Special Assistant to the
President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said Buhari did not sign
any pact with Jonathan or any past President to exempt him (Jonathan)
from probe, adding that Buhari, being an open person, would never go
into a secret pact with anybody, especially on his administration’s
ongoing anti-graft war.
A top member of the Peoples Democratic Party, who confided in
Punch, said the pressure on Buhari to probe Jonathan will form part of
the discussion when the ex-ministers meet the former President.
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