The immediate former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has revealed that he is under investigated by the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration. The former president also posited that the country’s treasury was not empty when he left office.
Jonathan disclosed this during an interview Bloomberg Television in London yesterday. In reply to a question, he answered: “Of course, obviously, I’ve been investigated.
“I wouldn’t want to make certain comments because, when a government is working, it’s not proper for immediate past presidents to make certain statements. I will allow the government to do the work it’s supposed to do.
“I wouldn’t want to make serious comments on that; it’s not proper. After all these investigations, the whole stories will be properly chronicled. I’ve just left office, and I should allow the president and his team to do what they believe is good for the country.”
The former president also stated that his government did “very well” in curbing corruption, saying: “I cannot say the country – from the beginning of our independence – that there was no corruption, yes there has been corruption.
“I did very well also to curtail corruption. My approach to corruption was, ‘don’t make money available for anyone to touch’. We made sure that the area of fertiliser subsidies was cleaned up, and the whole corruption there was removed. I tried to do the same in the oil industry, but the very people that were accusing us of corruption were the same people frustrating it; it’s unfortunate.”
Jonathan also denied leaving the treasury of the country empty as, according to him, “There’s no way he (President Buhari) would have inherited an empty treasury. It’s not possible.”
A number of people that served under the President Jonathan’s administration and his political party, the Peoples Democratic Party are being investigated for fraudulent and corrupt practices.
