'If You Intend To Probe Me, Probe OBJ, Abdulsalami & Others Too' - GEJ Tells Buhari

At a valedictory cabinet meeting attended by ministers ahead of his handing over to incoming president, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, President Goodluck Jonathan has advised the incoming president not to single his administration out for probe. He said if Buhari must investigate him and his administration, he should do the same for the past governments. A probe centered only on the Jonathan administration will amount to a “witch hunt”, the president said earlier today.

Mr. Jonathan said his comments followed calls from different quarters for his administration to be investigated

“Some people are even calling for the probe of the government, but I think in Nigeria, there are a lot of many things that will be probed, very many things, even debts owed by states and debts owed by this country from 1960 up to this time. 

“They say it is Jonathan’s administration that is owing these debts. I believe that anybody that is calling for probe must also ensure that this probe is extended beyond the Jonathan administration. 

“Otherwise, to me, it will be witch-hunt. If we are very sincere, it is not only the Jonathan administration that should be probed.”

He said his government has had to operate under the harshest of conditions, some of which were politically motivated. He attributed the just abating fuel scarcity and the strike action by the oil union to sabotage and noted that as a cabinet, all ministers had done their best despite the challenges faced during their tenure.