Buhari And Jonathan May Clash Again (See Reason)

Fresh indications, at the weekend has is that President Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessor, Goodluck jonathan may be set for another clash regarding the recovery of stolen funds from the nation’s coffers, Sunday Vanguard can reveal authoritatively. Disposition of some of those who are believed have siphoned funds from government coffers”.

The source added;

“While some of those believed to have been involved have had their accounts frozen, some have lawfully been interrogated while confessions are being extracted. There are enough grounds to believe that the nature of discourse in the political sphere is creating an air of audacity such that the recovery of looted funds is not going at an encouraging pace in the face of overwhelming evidence”.

Sunday Vanguard has been able to establish, through some individuals saddled with the responsibility of ascertaining and verifying some expenditure activities, that there were some contracts merely awarded on paper and for which payments were quickly made without corresponding jobs to show for the contracts.

It was learnt that high levels of fraud were discovered in the Ministry of Petroleum, Works, Nigerian Maritime and Safety Authority, NIMASA and in the procurement of arms and ammunitions for the prosecution of the war against Boko Haram, just to mention a few.

Indeed, members of some of the committees that Buhari has set up to ascertain the level of loss to the nation pointed out that the scale of the stealing of public funds, especially in the last days of the Jonathan administration, was so monumental that those asking for a soft-landing for the former president and his aides would be flabbergasted when confronted with the scale of looting that took place.

And contrary to the earlier denial in some quarters that the American government was in possession of documents indicting most aides of the former President, it was understood that Buhari was, in fact, handed some of the documents relating to such during his visit to the United States of America last month.

It was learnt that the intervention of some individuals, including some African leaders, tended to suggest to Buhari that he needed to give his predecessor soft landing; and indeed, the President had agreed but on the condition that the aides and ministers who looted the treasury must return the funds to the coffers.

It was with a view to avoiding what another source described as a public embarrassment for the erstwhile leader, that Jonathan visited Buhari earlier in the month.

“The President advised Jonathan to prevail on his aides and ministers to return all they looted to enable him have access to funds with which to work. But the President became angry when Jonathan’s men became adamant”.

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