President Muhammadu Buhari who started his official visit
to the US yesterday has promised to bring to book all those he claimed stole
Nigerian wealth in the last 5 years of Dr Goodluck Jonathan's administration.
The Administration have finalized ground to arrest and
start the prosecution of former President Goodluck Jonathan for spending
$2.1Billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) for the payment of Fuel
Subsidies debts to Oil Marketers without authorization.
The Administration accuses the former President of
spending the Tax Income from NLG which they claimed, should have been paid into
the Federation account for the Period he was in Government.
Buhari in the last week started the arrest and detention
of some officials that worked for former President Jonathan. The DSS laid siege
on Mr. Dasuki Sambo's Residence in Abuja and accused him of planning to
overthrow Buhari's government with 5 Bulletproof cars, 7 Assault Rifles and
N10million.
Some high ranking officials of Buhari's administration
and Party are accusing Mr. Dasuki of being the sponsor of the Radio Biafra, a
radio station formed over 8 years ago.
Dr. Goodluck Jonathan's former Chief of Staff, Mr. Gordon
Obua, a diabetic patient was also arrested and detained in an underground cell
on July 16, 2015 without charges, proper contact with relatives or medical
care.
Nigerians are very sure that Buhari is looking for the
"Big Fish", and that fish is Goodluck Jonathan, but the problem is
that his accusation against the former President are seen as mere waste of
time. The former government has error proof accounting system and operated with
records that detailed out every spending to the last kobo.
On the LNG tax incomes allegation against Goodluck
Jonathan, according to Hope For Nigeria, the Buhari's government are ignorant
of the fact that LNG was given a 10 years Tax Holidays in 2004 by Obasanjo's
administration, which expired in 2014.
Buharis government claiming that Jonathan squandered the
Tax Income from LNG is rubbish, as the Company is not suppose not to pay tax
throughout Obasanjo, Yar'adua and Jonathan's administration. This implies that
Buhari is looking for what never existed and only making a publicity stunt to
some gullible Nigerians and less informed.
Two weeks ago, Buhari approved a Rescue Package to state
governments estimated to be over N1.2Trillion from the empty treasury, without
approval from the Senate as required by law or any government agency.
This is the same offence Buhari is accusing former
President Jonathan for paying the Fuel Subsidies debts from ECA fund without
authorization from FCA.
The $2.1Billion ECA spending was announced to FCA and the
Economy Minister, Dr Okonji-Iweala made several Press releases about it. She
has posted every details of this spending before and the time the expenses were
made. This level of financial disclosure according to Hope For Nigeria is what
have been lacking in Nigeria previous governments and instead copying or
praising them, Buhari choose to play to the gallery.
We support Buhari's claim to fight corruption, but
selective justice or witch hunting is what we detest.
Nigerians are waiting for Buhari and any antics he may
employ to jail Dr Jonathan. He told Nigerians that of the 36 APC members
shortlisted for Ministerial appointment, 33 of them failed his test, as a
result of their past corruption records.
President Buhari should as a matter of urgency, publish
their names and also forward them to the DSS and EFCC for prosecution if he
actually is fighting Corruption. - Hope For Nigeria.
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