ABUJA—The Presidency, yesterday, said President
Muhammadu Buhari will limit his probe to the
immediate past government of Dr Goodluck
Jonathan. President Buhari had vowed, Wednesday,
to arrest and prosecute former ministers and
government officials who looted funds and stole
Nigeria’s crude oil.
Buhari, who said the suspected officials stashed the
funds in foreign bank accounts, spoke during his
three-day visit to the United States.
The Presidency which said yesterday that there were
trails of monumental fraud everywhere that would
be too difficult to ignore, however, explained that it
will be a distraction to exceed Jonathan’s regime.
Before leaving office, former president Jonathan had
said any probe by the new government would be
seen as a “witch-hunt” if it fails to go beyond his
administration. The Presidency, however, argued that
it was not a witch-hunt.
File: Buhari and Jonathan
Speaking in an exclusive telephone chat, yesterday,
Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity,
Mr. Femi Adesina, said the probe was the proper
thing to do.
His words: “It is a simple thing. Before he was
inaugurated, the President said that it will be a
distraction for him to start digging deep into past
governments. He said so. I don’t see anything new.
But it will be irresponsible of any government to
leave things of the immediate past that are glaring
and evident and not do anything about it.
“It is not a witch-hunt. You have evidence and they
are glaring. A responsible government should do
something about it. It is not about the former
president. It is about how they acquitted themselves
in the responsibility they were given. When you are
given a public responsibility, you are responsible to
the people.
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