If GEJ were to be Ex Northern Leader or Ex Military leader, I doubt if Buhari would have gotten the guts to approach him with corruption!!

EXCLUSIVE:
Nigeria's President, Buhari Dump $182M Halliburton Bribe Scandal Report...Conspiracy of Retired Army Generals prompt Aso Rock back down
*PLUS IBB, OBJ, Abdusalami Connection
* “We're only probing Jonathan's Govt”-Presidency
*“Probing of my govt alone is Witch-Hunt extend it beyond my administration”-GEJ
*“This is a witch-hunt, charade and selective humiliation with ethnic coloration under corruption-guise. I strongly believe this investigation wouldn’t have happened if Jonathan were a Northerner and a retired Army General”- Folu Adewope, University of Texas Arlington, UTA
*'Int'l Community Shock, Doubts sincerity of Buhari to fight Corruption'-INVESTIGATION

BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU, CNN iReport
editor@nigeriastandardnewspaper.com


NIGERIA President, Muhammadu Buhari surely meant well for the Nigerian people. His integrity, discipline and avowed commitment to fight, name and shame corruption had never been in doubt since Nigerians have high hopes in his administration to 'fight corruption among the elites', in a bid to free Nigeria's economy from Kleptomaniac. As it is a fad that “when you fight corruption, surely corruption will fight back,” aptly captures the trending conspiracy of few Nigerian Army Generals (retired) and former Heads-of-State who allegedly prompts Buhari to 'let-off' his earlier, intentional investigation of $182million Halliburton bribe scandal, so he may continually 'govern Nigeria in peace'.

Conspiracy of Retired Army Generals prompt Aso Rock back down
CNN iReport gathered that few weeks before Buhari made his maiden visit to United States, words reached him that few retired Army Generals who were erstwhile Heads-of-State were allegedly not happy with the planned moves by the no-nonsense disciplinarian to re-open the Halliburton scandal, with the sole intention to expose, disgrace and prosecute some of culpable generals and other highly-placed Nigerians whose hands may have been 'soiled' by the cookie-jar of corruption in Bonny Island Liquefied Natural Gas Project.
IBB, OBJ, Abdusalami Connection
As such, after General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), a former Nigeria's Head of State received a phone call from from General Olusegun Obasanjo, also a former Nigeria's president where he brought the attention of IBB to the fact that they way Buhari was going about corruption-fight, he would eventually probe the majority of past administration, including IBB era. This position was echoed by another Nigerian Head of State, General Abdusalami Abubakar; which prompted a conspiracy theory to 'place Buhari in order'. Abdusalami had visited IBB in his Minna Castle in Niger State, there it was concluded that IBB should stylishly pass-on their position to Buhari to halt his earlier, intentioned probe of his predecessors.

In a press statement issued by IBB through his media adviser, Prince Kassim Afegbua, it reportedly reads: “On General Buhari, it is not in IBB's tradition to take up issues with his colleague former president. But, for the purpose of the record, we are conversant with General Buhari's so-called holier-than-thou-attitude. He is a one-time minister of petroleum and we have good records of his tenure. Secondly, he also presided over Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) which records we also have. We challenge him to come out in clean hands in those two portfolios he headed. Or, we will help him to expose his records of performance during those periods. Those who live in glass houses do not throw stones. General Buhari should be properly guided.”

CNN iReport gathered when intelligence report reached Buhari on the position of these retired Army Generals and former Heads of State, and bearing in mind how mean they can fully engage him in 'dirty-fight' which may ridicule him in the eyes of Nigerians and expose his stewardship then as Minister of Petroleum in 1976 that led to the mysterious disappearance of a whooping US $2.8 Billion from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC account in Midlands Bank, United Kingdom allegedly under his watchful-eyes, Buhari quickly made a detour and issued a press statement through Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser, Media & Publicity claiming the investigation of Buhari administration would only be limited to his predecessor, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GEJ, the man who honorably handed peacefully to Buhari on May 28, 2015 at Eagle Square so Nigeria may remain united as an indivisible nation.

For the records, Buhari was appointed Minister of Petroleum in 1976 under the Murtala/Obasanjo administration. Not much is known about any scandals that occured during his tenure as Minister, but there are rumors of the mysterious disappearance of US$2.8 Billion from the NNPC account in Midlands Bank in the United Kingdom, during Buhari’s stewardship. Now that IBB has threatened to expose him, it lends a certain credibility to the rumors indicting Buhari of grand graft.

'Probe of my administration is a witch-hunt'-GEJ
As if Jonathan knew that this would happen. In the last days of his administration as president in Aso Rock villa on May 27, 2015 during Federal Executive Council valedictory session witnessed by big-wigs of Peoples Democratic Party, he said "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 owes these debts,” Jonathan said.
"I believe that anybody that is coming 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."
CNNiReport investigation showed that Jonathan administration may have been singled-out as 'corrupt government' due to the fact that he was a minority-leader from Niger-Delta and obviously not a military, but a civilian leader. There are feelers from some Nigerians that this probe may not have happened if Jonathan had been a retired Army General.
For Folu Adewope, an undergraduate of University of Texas Arlington, UTA, her words: “This is obviously a witch-hunt, charade and selective humiliation with ethnic coloration under corruption-guise. I strongly believe this investigation would not have happened if Jonathan had hailed from the North and had been a retired Army General. Why can't Buhari open the Halliburton scandal, and openly prosecute Obasanjo, Abdusalami, Atiku Abubakar, a former Nigeria's Vice president and every other corrupt Nigerians named in the scandal. As Nigerians, we are interested in this case.”

'We are interested in probing Jonathan's Govt'-Presidency
Barely 10 hours ago, on his Facebook wall-page, Femi said: “It would be a distraction for the President to begin digging into all former administrations , but for a proper take -off of the President Muhammadu Buhari's government, there is need to look into the immediate past government (GEJ). We are interested in investigating Jonathan's government to recover stolen funds”.

International Community watch in Disbelief
As at the time of going to the press, members of International Community, particularly the United States government is shocked that Buhari ought not to leave any stone unturned in fighting corruption no matter whose ox is gored. The Halliburton bribery scandal is seen by members of international community as a litmus test for Buhari to prove his desire effectively to combat corruption among the elites in Nigeria.
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1259469

nonsense!!!

K

kamair237:
nonsense!!!

Of course it will be nonsense, since its against Buhari! How will Nigeria ever be good, when people are blinded by tribalism and hypocrisy!


This is CNN iReport. The same CNN where Jonathan said stealing is not corruption and you people hold on it tenacioisly.

vfactor:


Of course it will be nonsense, since its against Buhari! How will Nigeria ever be good, when people are blinded by tribalism and hypocrisy!


This is CNN iReport. The same CNN where Jonathan said stealing is not corruption and you people hold on it tenacioisly.

you are an unrepentant f00l. People like you should be hanged by the balls. Maybe wrong but what if after all investigations are done and it is proven that Jonathan and his ministers actually stole up to 50 billion dollars (10 trillion naira)? So buhari should let them go simply because others let obj, ibb and co without probing them? Abeg gerout.

ok

ddippset:
you are an unrepentant f00l. People like you should be hanged by the balls. Maybe wrong but what if after all investigations are done and it is proven that Jonathan and his ministers actually stole up to 50 billion dollars (10 trillion naira)? So buhari should let them go simply because others let obj, ibb and co without probing them? Abeg gerout.

Yeah, go ahead! Insult me! It's expected and u re not disappointing at all!

No body says the president shouldnt probe Jonathan's administration. In fact we re encouraging him to do just that and recover stolen money. But why limit it to just his? why drop the halliburton case he has started? Or isnt that our money too? Why bow to pressure from the generals? America is willing to return the recovered funds, only if the culprits in Nigeria are prosecuted.


It's not hard to see who the fool is!

vfactor:


Yeah, go ahead! Insult me! It's expected and u re not disappointing at all!

No body says the president shouldnt probe Jonathan's administration. In fact we re encouraging him to do just that and recover stolen money. But why limit it to just his? why drop the halliburton case he has started? Or isnt that our money too? Why bow to pressure from the generals? America is willing to return the recovered funds, only if the culprits in Nigeria are prosecuted.


It's not hard to see who the fool is!

I really don't understand you guys. Was Goodluck Jonathan less of a president than buhari is? Were less powers conferred on Jonathan? He was a full president like buhari is. Why did he not do anything about the Halliburton scandal. Like I always say, Buhari not doing anything about the Halliburton scandal does not tamper with his credibility nor affect his quest for accountability and probity. Nigeria had a president for 5 good years who presided during the Haliburton scandal era. Yes it would be wonderful if he decides to probe the Haliburton scandal but if he doesn't it's never a minus to him. Buhari would only be a failure if he fails to probe the regime that handed over to him amidst allegations of theft of billions of dollars. I repeat, billions of dollars.

ddippset:
I really don't understand you guys. Was Goodluck Jonathan less of a president than buhari is? Were less powers conferred on Jonathan? He was a full president like buhari is. Why did he not do anything about the Halliburton scandal. Like I always say, Buhari not doing anything about the Halliburton scandal does not tamper with his credibility nor affect his quest for accountability and probity. Nigeria had a president for 5 good years who presided during the Haliburton scandal era. Yes it would be wonderful if he decides to probe the Haliburton scandal but if he doesn't it's never a minus to him. Buhari would only be a failure if he fails to probe the regime that handed over to him amidst allegations of theft of billions of dollars. I repeat, billions of dollars.

So why make claim of probing haliburton and back down? It could have been better he didn't say anything about it. But now he's withdrawing the order to probe especially after he's being threatened.

vfactor:



So why make claim of probing haliburton and back down? It could have been better he didn't say anything about it. But now he's withdrawing the order to probe especially after he's being threatened.

Do you have a source for this? Or you were typing when it was being played on TV?

socialmediaman:


Do you have a source for this? Or you were typing when it was being played on TV?

You didn't read the report above?

vfactor:



So why make claim of probing haliburton and back down? It could have been better he didn't say anything about it. But now he's withdrawing the order to probe especially after he's being threatened.

OK, you right.

vfactor:


You didn't read the report above?

You didn't get my question, where exactly did you lift this alleged CNN ireport from? Paste your source, or were you typing directly while the mentioned reporter in your article was reading on TV?

socialmediaman:


You didn't get my question, where exactly did you lift this alleged CNN ireport from? Paste your source, or were you typing directly while the mentioned reporter in your article was reading on TV?

If you can't read and see the source on the article, then quit mentioning me! U want to be spoon-fed?

socialmediaman:


Do you have a source for this? Or you were typing when it was being played on TV?

Which source are you asking for when the President openly said he would only probe GEJ Government?. Source ko omelette ni

vfactor:


If you can't read and see the source on the article, then quit mentioning me! U want to be spoon-fed?

BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU, CNN iReport
editor@nigeriastandardnewspaper.com

You don't expect me to go scanning the website on that email to see where exactly the news was published. Source is a direct link to the published article, or you may say you got it from email or whatsapp or you could paste the direct link from cnn...

Moheat:


Which source are you asking for when the President openly said he would only probe GEJ Government?. Source ko omelette ni

It was reported that he opened up the Halliburton scandal ahead of his trip to the U.S. Is the Harlibuton part of GEJ's probe?

You can choose to write whatever pleases you. No one bar obj from probing Abacha, no one bar jonathan from probing Obj's tenure. Not probing him simply means he didn't steal or mismanaged funds. Has buhari done anything contrary to what the constitution says? Does the constitution says probing of last administration is prohibited?

socialmediaman:




You don't expect me to go scanning the website on that email to see where exactly the news was published. Source is a direct link to the published article, or you may say you got it from email or whatsapp or you could paste the direct link from cnn...

I am not the OP, U could ask him. U have the website u could look thru it.