The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee on Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has advised former President Goodluck Jonathan to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari and confess all he knows especially as it pertains to the $2.1bn arms procurement scandal–while it is day.
Former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki, former coordinating minister of the economy Okonjo-Iweala and DAAR communications founder Raymond Dokpesi have all implicated Jonathan willy-nilly; in a procurement saga that has gripped the nation.
Sagay told Punch newspapers in a chat that now is as good a time as any for Jonathan to begin singing as well–even if in private.
Asked about the possibility of Jonathan getting arrested despite his soaring popularity in the international community for conceding defeat in the March 28 presidential election and congratulating Buhari, Sagay admitted that the issue was a ‘sensitive’ one.
He however argued that conceding defeat to Buhari did not make Jonathan a hero. The senior advocate said one good action could not correct several evil actions.
He said, “To start with, the great reputation he (Jonathan) seems to have is the fact that he admitted defeat. There are thousands of actions that are negative actions so I don’t think that we should overplay it.
“But on the issue of the former President going to prison, I agree that it is a bit touchy politically but the case of Jonathan is particularly bad if you see the manner with which the country’s resources and government coffers have been turned into a bazaar parlour where everyone goes to collect his own share. Just like Warri boys would ask, ‘You don obtain your own?’
“Everyone was going to ‘obtain’ under Jonathan. It was just bizarre but I understand that dealing with a former Head of State is always a sensitive issue but I would say he should have a private chat with President Muhammadu Buhari and say all that he knows and if there is anything he has to release, then he should release it and be allowed to go quietly into retirement.”
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