Don't Discourage Buhari From Probing Jonathan’s Men - Oshiomhole Begs Nigerians

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has pleaded with Nigerians not to dissuade President Muhammadu Buhari from beaming his anti-corruption searchlight on officials of the immediate past administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

This was as he insisted that the cries of selective prosecution of Buhari’s fight against corruption was uncalled for, as Jonathan’s men were fully in charge of managing the Nigerian economy while instances of corrupt practices were rife.

The Governor spoke on Friday night, during an event organized by the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, in honour of two media icons, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, and Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in Abuja.

According to him, 

“They are serving a President who appreciates that these problems have to be confronted head-on. The President who boldly told the world that the issue of corruption, if it is not killed, it will kill us. And since we don’t want to die, we have to kill corruption.“But the forces behind corruption are powerful, some are feasible and some are not feasible. They are men and women of means. Many are even billionaires in dollars and euros. 

“Now where are the forces that will queue behind the president to confront the drivers of corruption. As you can see, people are already asking questions about due process, people are asking questions about selective prosecution and so on. 

“And it will be the job of Shehu and Femi to remind people that if you managed a house for 16 years and members of the community believed that the house has not been properly managed and that the reason for the mismanagement is that some people willfully … including resorting to corrupt practices, you can only deal with those in that house, the people who had responsibility for managing the house. 

“So when you select those people and deal with them, of course it is selective. You can only select from among those who are involved with crime. Editors will help to take this to our people,” he stated.