Standup9ja: Buhari to Jonathan: Go to court if aggrieved
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked his predecessor,
Goodluck Jonathan, to go to court if he feels aggrieved by the ongoing
anti-corruption war.
The president, in a statement on Wednesday by his spokesman
Mr Femi Adesina, debunked the allegation by Jonathan that the Federal
Government was harassing his family.
According to Adesina, Buhari harasses nobody but he merely
allows the law to take its course.
He maintained that anybody without skeleton in his or her cupboard
had nothing to fear about the bared fangs of the anti-corruption initiative,
saying "Fear belongs only to those who have abused trust while in
office."
"Anybody who feels aggrieved is free to approach the
courts to seek redress or justice. President Buhari believes in the rule of law
and that is why his campaign against corruption is anchored on that
plank."
He said with regard to Buhari's anti-graft style which
Jonathan "deprecates, given the scale of revelations and recoveries so far
by the anti-corruption agencies, it is obvious that corruption had an
uninhibited course during our recent past."
Adesina said time would give the verdict on whose style of
fighting corruption ultimately yielded the most dividends.
He said for now, President Buhari was resolute and
single-minded in the fact that his crusade against graft was not targeted at
any individual or group.
The presidential spokesman said Buhari firmly believed that
national interest must always be placed above personal interest no matter who
is involved.
Adesina said the Presidency was constrained to respond to
the banner headline story in a national newspaper of Wednesday entitled:
"BUHARI'S GOVT HARASSING MY FAMILY, SAYS JONATHAN."
"The paper said former President Goodluck Jonathan made
the allegation in a new book, "Against The Run of Play", written by
the Chairman of ThisDay Editorial Board, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi. The former
president also reportedly disagreed with the style being used by the
administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in fighting corruption."
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