Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay SAN, has advised former President Goodluck Jonathan to secretly confess all he knows about the scandalous $2bn arms deal, of which his name has been linked, to President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Chairman told The Punch that if Jonathan go by the advice, he may be accorded the respect due to him by virtue of being a former President.
Sagay however pointed out that the case of the former President being arrested relating to the arms scandal is a “sensitive one”, adding that his concession of defeat to Buhari during the March 28 Presidential election does not make Jonathan a hero, as one good action could not correct several evil deeds.
According to him, “To start with, the great reputation he (Jonathan) seems to have is the fact that he admitted defeat. There are thousands of actions that are negative actions so I don’t think that we should overplay it.
“But on the issue of the former President going to prison, I agree that it is a bit touchy politically but the case of Jonathan is particularly bad if you see the manner with which the country’s resources and government coffers have been turned into a bazaar parlour where everyone goes to collect his own share. Just like Warri boys would ask, ‘You don obtain your own?’
“Everyone was going to ‘obtain’ under Jonathan. It was just bizarre but I understand that dealing with a former Head of State is always a sensitive issue but I would say he should have a private chat with President Muhammadu Buhari and say all that he knows and if there is anything he has to release, then he should release it and be allowed to go quietly into retirement,” he stated.
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