Jonathan: Buhari's Govt Harassing My Family
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has faulted the anti-corruption war of President Muhammadu Buhari and believes that his family is being hounded by Buhari's administration.
According to the former president, he lost the 2015 election because he was betrayed by the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Muazu and some Northern leaders in the party.
Jonathan, who made his feelings known in a book, "Against The Run of Play”, written by the Chairman of ThisDay Editorial Board, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi, said Buhari could still fight corruption using a different style.
He noted that: “I feel sad about the way my family is being hounded. Society is like a building. You build it one block at a time. If every president decides to go in to dismantle what his predecessor did, society will never make progress. I expected President Buhari to correct whatever mistakes I may have made and then carry on from there.
"But a situation in which people go into exile for political reasons is not good for us.”
"His style of fighting corruption is different from mine and since most Nigerians apparently prefer his style, it is okay. There are steps you take that will help in retrieving ill-gotten wealth and punish offenders while restoring confidence in the system. But there are also things you can do to damage the system.”
It will be recalled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) got the court to freeze $5,842,316.66 (about N1.7billion) belonging to Mrs Patience Jonathan in Skye Bank. Justice Mojisola Olatoregun on April 6 unfreezed the account.
The EFCC appealed but yesterday withdrew its application for a stay of execution of the judgment.
However, the Presidency declined to react to former president's claim on the anti-graft crusade.
Presidential spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina told Newsmen that he could not comment on the contents of a book he has not read.
According to the former president, he lost the 2015 election because he was betrayed by the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Muazu and some Northern leaders in the party.
Jonathan, who made his feelings known in a book, "Against The Run of Play”, written by the Chairman of ThisDay Editorial Board, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi, said Buhari could still fight corruption using a different style.
He noted that: “I feel sad about the way my family is being hounded. Society is like a building. You build it one block at a time. If every president decides to go in to dismantle what his predecessor did, society will never make progress. I expected President Buhari to correct whatever mistakes I may have made and then carry on from there.
"But a situation in which people go into exile for political reasons is not good for us.”
"His style of fighting corruption is different from mine and since most Nigerians apparently prefer his style, it is okay. There are steps you take that will help in retrieving ill-gotten wealth and punish offenders while restoring confidence in the system. But there are also things you can do to damage the system.”
It will be recalled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) got the court to freeze $5,842,316.66 (about N1.7billion) belonging to Mrs Patience Jonathan in Skye Bank. Justice Mojisola Olatoregun on April 6 unfreezed the account.
The EFCC appealed but yesterday withdrew its application for a stay of execution of the judgment.
However, the Presidency declined to react to former president's claim on the anti-graft crusade.
Presidential spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina told Newsmen that he could not comment on the contents of a book he has not read.
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