Former President Goodluck Jonathan met secretly with
President Muhammad Buhari on Thursday night, with corruption at the center of
their discussion, two Presidency sources have disclosed. President Buhari and President Jonathan met secretly last
Thursday. Our sources disclosed that the meeting between President and
the man he unseated in the March 28, 2015 presidential poll lasted from 9-10
p.m. Nigerian time.
Our sources stated that they understood that former
President Jonathan did not seek any explicit overtures from President Buhari,
adding that they suspect that Mr. Jonathan was at the Presidential Villa to
check Mr. Buhari’s temperament regarding the growing probe of sectors of the
former president's administration.
One source stated that President Buhari and Mr. Jonathan
parted on an "amicable note," with both men chatting and laughing.
The meeting was kept secret, even hidden from the media.
Less than 24 hours after the meeting, former President
Olusegun Obasanio also requested to meet with President Buhari. One source
revealed that, at a Friday meeting with President Buhari, Mr. Obasanjo urged
the new president to act boldly and courageously on corruption. According to
the source, Mr. Obasanjo specifically told the president to be open to sending
former President Jonathan to prison on account of his involvement in corrupt
activities.
Mr. Obasanjo reportedly listed fraudulent selling of
Nigeria's crude oil and the arms import scams as two areas he would be able to
assist Mr. Buhari to nail former President Jonathan.
Unlike the meeting between President Buhari and his
immediate predecessor, the meeting with Mr. Obasanjo was in the full glare of
the media. However, neither Mr. Obasanjo nor the president offered an official
account of the subject or substance of their meeting which was held behind
close doors.
Source
Sahara Reporters
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