President Jonathan tells Buhari: Also Probe Obasanjo, Babangida and others

President Goodluck Jonathan has asked president-elect Buhari that any probe should not be limited to his government alone. The President said, limiting the probe to his administration, will amount to witch hunting.

He was speaking during the valedictory session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

“Some people are even calling for the probe of this government. I agree in Nigeria there are a number of things that we will probe, very many things. Even debts owed by states and this nation from 1960 up to this time, they say it is Jonathan’s administration that is owing all the debt.

“I believe that anybody calling for probe must ensure that these probes are extended beyond the Jonathan administration; otherwise, to me, it will be witch hunting. If you are very sincere, then it’s not just the Jonathan’s administration that should be probed.

“A number of things have gone wrong and we have done our best to fix them. The Attorney General is aware of massive judgment debts. If we aggregate all of them, it’s almost going to $1 billion. How did we come to this kind of huge judgment debts?

“These issues should be probed. How do you allocate our oil wells, oil fields, marginal wells and all that; do we follow our laws? All these should be probed. And I believe all these and many more areas should be looked at.”

READ ALSO: Nigeria is rich, but Nigerians are poor, EU Ambassador tells Buhari