President’s Spokesman reacts to Tanko Yakassai’s comments

chika ebuzor

August 25, 2015 5:22 AM

Yakassai had accused President Buhari of being selective in his fight against corruption.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu granted an interview to the Vanguard Newspapers, where he spoke on comments made by Tanko Yakassai, a prominent northern leader.

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Yakassai had accused President Buhari of being selective in his fight against corruption.

Shehu said “Let me tell you, if Obasanjo and Yar’Adua and all of the past governments before Jonathan needed to have been probed, why did Jonathan shy away from his responsibility? Why didn’t he probe them while he was in office? Why didn’t Tanko Yakassai ask Jonathan to probe Yar’Adua, Babangida, Obasanjo? Why do they have to wait for Buhari to come and do what he should have done?”

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He also said “It is common sense. So, if he didn’t probe them, why should his people ask some other person to probe them? If they felt it was desirable to probe the past administration, as a party, why didn’t they do it themselves? Why do they have to wait for President Buhari?”

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Adding that “This is not a government of probes. It is a government of due process and law and order. President Buhari is dealing with the matters he has found on the table and he has no power under the constitution to wave them. If somebody had stolen Nigeria’s one billion dollars of oil, President Buhari is not authorized to wave it off under the law. He should ask questions. There is no probe going on now. People who are creating the spectre of probes in the country just want to create unnecessary fear.”

chika ebuzor