According to reports from Sahara Reporters, former President Olusegun Obasanjo secretly met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Aso Rock villa to discuss national issues, one of which was an advise to not shy away from jailing the immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan on the grounds of corruption.
The ongoing clampdown on corrupt officials in the Goodluck Jonathan-led administration is yielding more drama than anticipated. Former president Goodluck Jonathan held a closed door.
meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday night over fears of being singled out for corrupt practices in Nigeria.
According to SaharaReporters, their sources have stated that it was learnt that former President Jonathan was at the Presidential Villa to check Mr. Buhari’s temperament regarding the growing probe of the different sectors of the former president’s administration.
A source familiar with the meeting which didn’t last more than 30 minutes told the online portal that Mr. Jonathan appeared jittery at the meeting and was unable to articulate the case against probing his government. Instead, the former president reportedly asked mundane questions about how Buhari was coping with governing the country and offered to help in any way.
Meanwhile, former President Olusegun Obasanjo was so incensed on hearing about Buhari’s meeting with Jonathan that he called at the Presidential Villa 24 hours later to meet with Mr. Buhari behind closed doors.
A source at the Presidency revealed that Mr. Obasanjo, (whose record of corruption as president was equally monumental) urged Mr. Buhari to send former President Jonathan to jail.
Another source stated that Mr. Obasanjo volunteered to use his international contacts to help trace the funds stolen during Mr. Jonathan’s administration, adding that much of the funds were laundered through arms deals as well as shady oil sales and swaps.
It should be noted the Obasanjo and President Buhari and are yet to offer an official press statement on the details of their meeting as the agenda were strictly kept discreet.
How clean is the former Head of State cum President Olusegun Obasanjo and his cohorts in drying the wealth of this God endowed great nation to have the effrontery accusing their corruption offspring administration shying from same responsibility?