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| Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by toluene2016(op): 9:20am On Jul 16, 2015 |
A panic-stricken former President Goodluck Jonathan has sent former Commonwealth Secretary General, Emeka Anyaoku, to plead with President Muhammadu Buhari not to launch an official probe of his administration. Several sources in Abuja, including aides of President Buhari, briefed SaharaReporters exclusively about former President Jonathan’s dispatch of Mr. Anyaoku as an emissary to his successor. One of our sources said Mr. Jonathan moved quickly to send powerful intercessors to the Presidency after the Buhari administration began to question massive last-minute withdrawals and disappearance of more than $20 billion in government funds orchestrated by former President Jonathan as well as his closest ministers and aides. One source familiar with Mr. Anyaoku’s desperate mission to President Buhari revealed that the former Commonwealth chief executive urged the new president to remember that Mr. Jonathan voluntarily decided not to contest the results of the March 28, 2015 presidential election, won by Mr. Buhari, on the understanding that he and his administration would not be subjected to a probe. Our sources disclosed that Mr. Anyaoku spent a little more than two hours in a close-door meeting yesterday where he sought to prevail on President Buhari to halt the ongoing probe of what happened to billions of public funds during the last few months of the Jonathan government. Before imploring Mr. Anyaoku to plead with President Buhari, Mr. Jonathan had also asked former military head of state, Abdulsalam Abubakar, to speak to the current president and suggest a suspension of all ongoing probes. Mr. Buhari has put in place several investigative committees to probe the illicit withdrawal and disbursement of public funds by the Jonathan administration. The presidential committees are charged with advising the administration on strategies for retrieving any public assets stolen by officials and cohorts of the Jonathan Presidency. One of the committees has already discovered that Mr. Jonathan and some members of his cabinet apparently colluded in the dying days of the previous government to loot billions of dollars. The funds were looted via the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Ministry of Finance, the Nigerian Maritime Authority, the Federal Capital Territory, and several other departments. A source within the investigative committee revealed that Mr. Jonathan and his closest aides and political appointees made illegal withdrawals of funds to finance his failed bid for re-election. Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has stated that former President Jonathan asked her to withdraw more than $1.2 billion from the excess crude account. Even though Mrs. Okonji-Iweala continues to maintain publicly that she did nothing wrong during her tenure, a source told SaharaReporters that the former minister, who coordinated economic affairs during the former president’s tenure, has been quietly cooperative with the Buhari administration. According to the source, Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala has offered what amounts to a dossier of corrupt deals authorized by the former president. In an attempt to curry favor with the new government, Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala recently directed officials of her polling agency, NOI Polls, to give President Buhari a 70% approval rating among Nigerians. “The polling results were simply cooked up,” a professional pollster told SaharaReporters. Prior to the 2015 general elections, the former minister’s fake polling organization kept repeating that Mr. Jonathan approval rating was up even as his political fortune plummeted. SaharaReporters also learned that former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, is also actively cooperating with the Buhari administration. As earlier revealed by us, Mrs. Alison-Madueke had struck a deal with the new government to submit a document to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) exposing her collaborators at the NNPC. The former Petroleum minister, who was one of the closest cabinet members to Mr. Jonathan—and the mastermind of numerous money laundering deals on behalf of the former president—currently shuttles between the UK and Switzerland. A source close to Mrs. Alison-Madueke said the former minister was receiving treatment in the UK related to breast cancer. After emerging from his marathon meeting with Mr. Buhari yesterday, Mr. Anyaoku claimed that he had visited to offer “advice” to the president regarding his forthcoming official trip to the US. Mr. Buhari is scheduled to start his US trip on Sunday. A source at the Presidency told SaharaReporters that Mr. Anyaoku had misrepresented the purpose of his visit. “The elder statesman [Anyaoku] did not come to advise Mr. President about the trip to the US. The plans for the trip were already concluded a while ago, with all logistics and programming support,” the source added. Former President Jonathan is currently in Abuja where he remains in constant touch with Abdulsalam Abubakar and other political players to prevail on President Buhari to halt the probe of his administration. One source at the Presidency revealed that Mr. Buhari was not receptive to Mr. Anyaoku’s pleas. According to the source, the president told the former Commonwealth chief executive that [b]the massive theft of funds by officials of the previous administration had robbed him of funds to start meeting his promises to the Nigerian people.[b/] “The president’s concern is for everybody who stole funds, including the former president, to disclose their willingness to return their loot to the Nigerian people,” the source added. saharareporters.com/2015/07/16/former-commonwealth-secretary-anyaoku-jonathan’s-behest-begs-president-buhari-not-probe |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by PassingShot(m): 9:20am On Jul 16, 2015 |
LWTMB! But TANoids/Wailers want us to believe that Jona didn't steal. Should PMB fail to retrieve a large chunk of our stolen money from Jonathan and his fellow thieves, he will lose greater part of the goodwill he currently enjoys. “The president’s concern is for everybody who stole funds, including the former president, to disclose their willingness to return their loot to the Nigerian people,”What is difficult in what the president is asking for? Make known your willingness to return our stolen monies, return substantial amount and you will be left alone. |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by preetyb(f): 9:21am On Jul 16, 2015 |
Lubbish |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by egift(m): 9:22am On Jul 16, 2015 |
Maka Why? While Jonathan is guided by his Goat and Yam theory of Looting, President Buhari is guided by the Rule of Law and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. If the Zoologist has not dipped his hands in Nigeria's Pot of Soup, he has nothing to fear and definitely has no need to send mercenaries to intercede on his behave. |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by flames007(m): 9:26am On Jul 16, 2015 |
observing in 3D.... |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by Nobody: 9:30am On Jul 16, 2015 |
How to spot propaganda from APC powered Sahara Reporters, please always pay attention to the emboldened. Several sources in Abuja, including aides of President Buhari, briefed SaharaReporters exclusively about former President Jonathan’s dispatch of Mr. Anyaoku as an emissary to his successor.The so-called Sources are Alhaji Lai Muhammed, Bola Tinubu, Shehu Garba and other APC Chieftains that seek to publish and spew thrash thrash such as this, a creation of their own imagination. This report by Sahara Reporters is an exhibition of sheer idiocity and foolery in their bid to continue to deceive Nigerians. My joy is that Nigerians are wise and now see these deceivers for who they are. GEJ is afraid of no probe! |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by wexyee: 9:30am On Jul 16, 2015 |
The poster above me sha |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by natas22: 9:32am On Jul 16, 2015 |
Who cares, will it affect the price of dollar www. |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by BB013(m): 9:34am On Jul 16, 2015 |
barcanista:Mumu U know how to spot a propaganda nd lies by saharareporters wen it involves PDP But wen it involves APC it is d best news u ve ever seen in ur life Ediot |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by Nobody: 9:38am On Jul 16, 2015 |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by dunkem21(m): 9:43am On Jul 16, 2015 |
lalasticlala ..put one of this news on FP .. ..Abi you no like the Sources' source ![]() |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by OrlandoOwoh(m): 9:49am On Jul 16, 2015 |
LWMMSGEJ. I will be disappointed if Buhari doesn't prosecute Jonathan. I can't imagine the clueless drunk giving Buhari the impression that he didn't challenge his victory because he wants him not to try him. |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by TheSonOfMark(m): 9:50am On Jul 16, 2015 |
BB013:Every comment you make lends further credence to the assertion that you have the I.Q of a bedbug. What silly sources are being referred to? You make the Abuja sources who make a claim one minute then debunk the next? The same "sources" falsely informed them that Jonathan's son was dead. Like the wounds inflicted on you by your slave masters quietly like an obedient dog. |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by Chiaka(f): 9:53am On Jul 16, 2015 |
Will be unfair to single out Jonathan what about all the wasted military rule that sank Nigeria and led us to the state in which this country is currently at....Obasanjo's democratic rule was not any better. Will be a pure witch-hunt to do that. Rubbish! |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by Nobody: 10:03am On Jul 16, 2015 |
I know PMB will definitely retrieve our money even if it takes the whole four years of his administration |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by IbokUtoroh(m): 10:04am On Jul 16, 2015 |
I cant even click d link, abeg who fit open d link? |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by dustmalik(m): 10:08am On Jul 16, 2015 |
Emeka Anyaoku should keep his plea to himself. |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by heryeendey(m): 10:17am On Jul 16, 2015 |
some _ will want us to blv he didn't steal anytin if una no get sense we we get |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by double0seven(m): 10:22am On Jul 16, 2015 |
barcanista:Please stop making a foo.l of yourself. Are you the one to speak for Jonathan? It is evident to even a fool that Jonathan and his co-travellers looted our treasury significantly. It is evident to anyone that he will of course be worries about being probed and humiliated. Ngozi Iweala after been publicly queried about 2.1 billion dollars depletion of the Exess Crude Account, finally said: Jonathan told me to withdraw it. She has shifted the responsibility to Jonathan. It is obvious that a follow up on the matter will indict the former president. And that is just one case among several. The NLNG account is still there as well as numerous others. So when you make statement like above, it really rubbishes your integrity and says aloud your brilliance/intelligence is primarily used for cunning and not wisdom. |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by betty202020(m): 10:26am On Jul 16, 2015 |
toluene2016:show me a reliable source |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by Jesusloveyou: 10:33am On Jul 16, 2015 |
natas22:yes, dollar will fall |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by MzJackBaueress(f): 10:34am On Jul 16, 2015 |
BB013:perfect answer for the protection seeker. |
| Re: Former Commonwealth Secretary, Begs President Buhari Not To Probe Jonathan by natas22: 10:37am On Jul 16, 2015 |
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