– The presidency has decried what it
described as attempts to tarnish President
Buhari’s image with claims that he stopped
ex-president Jonathan’s payments
– Buhari’s spokesman Garba Shehu says the
president is unaware of the claims so also
are all bodies that should be aware
– Shehu says President Buhari would not
stoop so low to engage in vendetta instead
of rendering justice

Buhari says Jonathan’s accounts have not
been frozen
President Muhammadu Buhari has denied
freezing the accounts of former president
Goodluck Jonathan as was claimed by some
Bayelsa youths in a recent protest.
Punch reports that Buhari made the
clarification on Friday, October 7 in a
statement through presidential spokesman
Garba Shehu.


According to Shehu, there was not truth in
the report that the presidency froze
Jonathan’s accounts because the president
was committed to justice and not dealing in
vendetta.
The statement reads, “The allegation by
demonstrators in Bayelsa State on Thursday
that allowances due to a former president have
been stopped and his bank accounts frozen is
patently untrue.
“We have confirmed with the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation that the former
president and other past leaders were paid
their allowances up to the second quarter.