The All Progressives Congress on Monday said the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, will not persecute anyone, urging outgoing public officials to clear their conscience.

The party in a statement issued in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said “those that had played poker with the nation’s destiny must be willing and eager to clear their conscience before man and God.”

”That the President-elect is a man of integrity is not an issue for debate, and he has made it clear that he will not be bogged down by endless probes.
”However, the hands of the incoming government will not be tied by those who have chosen to play the victim and exhibit a persecution mentality. Whoever has any reason to be afraid must lay bare such reason before Nigerians,” the party said.

The APC said under the climate of change that Nigerians had ushered in with their votes, only the guilty needs to be afraid, adding that those with a guilty conscience, on account of their actions in the public sphere, must clear such so they can be at peace with themselves.
”The last time we checked, this does not fit the definition of persecution,” it added.

The party wondered why President Goodluck Jonathan chose a public forum to express his fears when he could have done so privately during his meetings with the President-elect.

”Since the presidential election was won and lost, the President and the President-elect have met privately a number of times. Why didn’t President Jonathan express his apprehensions during these meetings?

”Even if the two have not met, the President could have reached out to the President-elect over any fears that he may be nursing, instead of engaging in an action that seems like he was being preemptive and seeking to curry public sympathy,” the party stated.

PassingShot:
[size=15pt]Misleading HEADLINE!!![/size]

Mogidi:
It would be ok if Buhari decides to probe GEJ's administration but it shouldn't stop there.

He should probe OBJ too and explain what happened to the $2.8bil that disappeared under his watch.

He should ask Fashola why he refused to sign the FOI bill so we know how much Tinubu gets monthly.
He should probe APC governors, especially Ogbeni Rauf, let Rauf explain what happened to his state's allocation.

vimi:
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