A member of the Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, on Monday said that any attempt to probe ex-President Goodluck Jonathan would be an exercise in futility.

Babatope, who spoke in a telephone interview with our correspondent, said the ex-President has not done anything wrong to warrant being probed.

He said, “Any probe of ex-President Jonathan will be an exercise in futility because he has done nothing wrong to warrant any probe.



“When Papa Obafemi Awolowo was alive, he described probe as an exercise in futility.”

When reminded that Awolowo was speaking in view of the prevailing impunity of the time, Babatope said ‘the words of the sage remain relevant to our present day realities’.

Babatope’s comment came on the heels of a call by the Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, Lagos State chapter, Apostle Alexander Bamgbola, who called for the prosecution of Jonathan.

Bamgbola, who spoke in Lagos on Saturday at an interdenominational service, said nobody should be spared in the ongoing anti-corruption war.

He said, “What is wrong with it? A former President of Peru (Alberto Fujimori) was jailed. Also, a popular Prime Minister of Israel (Ehud Olmert) was jailed. If a nation puts you in a position of trust and you betray that trust, you should go to jail no matter who you are. I have no sympathy for anybody. Just make sure you get it right.”

He lamented the corruption in the country, urging the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to go after looters and ‘put them where they belong, so that we may have peace in this nation’.

But the former Minister of Transport said that the anti-corruption war appeared to be predicated on vendetta.

Babatope said, “What are they probing; security votes under Jonathan? During Buhari’s first time in power as a military ruler, he cast many governors into jail on account of misappropriation of security votes.

“This is what we are witnessing again. We have people who have gone to court to challenge their trials. Let’s wait and see. The PDP will support the anti-corruption war but we won’t accept an anti-corruption war tinged with vendetta.”

Babatope said the PDP will chase out the APC in 2019 because Nigerians could now see the difference between the two parties.

“I am in Abuja for the election of our national chairman. We are electing our chairman from the North-East. Our party is putting everything together; we will come back stronger and better. Our members should not give up hope. We are chasing out the APC in 2019,” he said.


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OK

If they must, BAT, fash and ameachi must be probe too

Awolowo died of rat poison....
And any legacy he left or said remains irrelevant...
Is not how far but how well.
Is not how you lived but how you ended.
The man is an abuse of the word hero if Nigeria continues to address him so.


Meanwhile. That's all.

Rubbish, Jonathan is the easiest President in Nigerian history to prosecute because he remains clueless and ineffectual even out of office. The evidence against him is glaring and prosecuting him would be a walk in the park. The investigations however, must be thorough and due processes must be followed in order to ensure no hole is wide enough for the big fish to slide through once he is netted, hence the seeming delay in nabbing the silly and incompetent thief.

The protests from bigots, IPOB and lovers of corruption are expected and will be contained effectively within the ambits of the law.

Iffa woze you ehn!

Hmm....... Tz not easy to probe an ex president, he'll surely av lots of allies even in d present administration plus 4yrs in power no be beans, he must av grown powerful..

Feranchek:
Iffa woze you ehn!

Me or Babatope? Lol.

Hohohoho
Laughing like christmas masqurade.
What is Buhari waiting for? He should arest GEJ one time and prosecute him them send him to jail. GEJ is a failure & corrupt. He must be handled like a criminal that he is.
Thank u...


Mean while...


GEJ my hero remains an enegima. Nobody can do anything more than media propaganda to him.
He has grown so much the last 8months in world politics that no amount of blackmail from GMB & friends can bring him down.

Look at our BUDGETofYAM... Messed up budget by this funny administration...
Make una go catch joe put for prison...

Ndi ara ehihie