Corruption Probe: Peace Committee Shocked In Meeting With President Buhari


Former military head of state Lieutenant General Abdulsalam Abubakar (rtd) and other members of the National Peace Committee for the 2015 general elections were rattled by the stubborn posture and utterance of President Muhammadu Buhari during a meeting with him earlier today. Mr. Abubakar had led members of the so-called Peace Committee in yet another mission to plead with Mr. Buhari not to probe the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

However, several participants at today’s meeting told SaharaReporters that the president remained obstinate and made no secret of his determination to proceed with the probe.

SaharaReporters learnt that today’s meeting was a stepped up version of previous failed attempts to sway Mr. Buhari from his determination to probe acts of corruption by officials of Mr. Jonathan’s administration. SaharaReporters had revealed that former Commonwealth Secretary General Emeka Anyaoku visited President Buhari to press the case for letting bygone be bygone shortly before the latter’s departure for an official visit to the US. Our sources had disclosed that Mr. Anyaoku had undertaken his mission to the president at the behest of Mr. Jonathan.

During Mr. Buhari’s US visit, American officials handed him dossiers that detailed billion dollar thefts perpetrated by key officials of the Jonathan administration. Members of Mr. Buhari’s delegation during his US trip disclosed that the extent of the looting left the Nigerian president angry, and strengthened his determination to unearth the widespread embezzlement of Nigeria’s funds.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, who was on the presidential delegation at a meeting with US Attorney General Loretta Lynch, later told Nigerians that US officials revealed that one of Mr. Jonathan’s ministers, whom he did not name, stole as much as $6 billion. Even though Mr. Oshiomhole did not disclose the name of the concerned minister, checks by SaharaReporters revealed that the rapacious former minister is Diezani Alison-Madueke who held the portfolio of Petroleum for most of Mr. Jonathan’s tenure. Ms. Alison-Madueke is currently in London.

After Mr. Buhari’s return from the US, President Jonathan stepped up maneuvers to talk him into discontinuing the probe of his administration.

A source close to the former president told SaharaReporters that Mr. Buhari’s pronouncements that his government would probe his predecessor had contributed to a major health crisis that beset former First Lady Patience Jonathan. “Madam [Mrs. Jonathan] has been suffering from serious depression,” according to the source. Ms. Alison-Madueke has also had a share of ill health apparently triggered by being the focus of global attention for symbolizing the pervasive corruption of the past administration. A source close to her in the UK stated that she collapsed in her posh apartment in London due to “exhaustion” and had to be hospitalized for two days.

Last week, former President Jonathan reached out to former military head of state, Abdulsalam Abubakar, and urged him to arrange a one-on-one meeting with Mr. Buhari to discuss his concerns. President Buhari agreed to a secret meeting with the former president last Thursday in the dead of the night. A source familiar with the meeting told SaharaReporters that Mr. Jonathan appeared jittery at the meeting and was unable to articulate the case against probing his government. Instead, the former president reportedly asked mundane questions about how Buhari was coping with governing the country and offered to help in any way.

The meeting was over in less than 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, former President Olusegun Obasanjo was so incensed on hearing about Mr. Buhari’s meeting with Mr. Jonathan that he called at the Presidential Villa 24 hours later to meet with Mr. Buhari behind closed doors.

A source at the Presidency revealed that Mr. Obasanjo, whose record of corruption as president was equally monumental, urged Mr. Buhari to send former President Jonathan to jail.

Another source stated that Mr. Obasanjo volunteered to use his international contacts to help trace the funds stolen during Mr. Jonathan’s administration, adding that much of the funds were laundered through arms deals as well as shady oil sales and swaps.

On learning of former President Obasanjo’s ominous mission to Aso Rock, Mr. Jonathan reportedly contacted General Abubakar (rtd) again, this time pleading with the retired general to intercede with Mr. Buhari.

Today, Mr. Abubakar and fellow members of the National Peace Committee first met with President Buhari in a closed-door session before appearing before the media. A member of the committee revealed that their team first told President Buhari that they had come to discuss how to “wind up” and to check if there was a new national assignment they could undertake.

The source also revealed that, even though the committee did not mention former President Jonathan by name during their interaction with Mr. Buhari, the committee members cautioned against leaving the impression that the government was targeting “anybody.” They also appealed to Mr. Buhari to tarry a little before deciding on probing anybody.

A source at the Presidency stated that Mr. Buhari was well aware of the committee’s secret mission, hence his decision to speak forthrightly in response. Among the committee’s members is a controversial President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ayo Oritsejafor, a loyalist of Mr. Jonathan’s. His private jet was involved in an arms deal scandal after South African authorities discovered, and confiscated, $9.3 million in cash inside the aircraft. The Jonathan administration then stated that the funds were meant for the purchase of arms to prosecute the war against Islamist insurgents, Boko Haram.

Officials of the Buhari administration disclosed that the Presidency had already identified and was investigating acts of corruption involving former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) and former Petroleum Minister, Alison-Madueke. In addition, our sources said the new administration was pursuing leads about huge corrupt deals involving former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, former Attorney general, Mohammaed Bello Adoke, the Amnesty Office, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), and the Federal Capital Territory. In one instance, more than $1 million dollars in cash was found at the residence of Gordon Obuah, a former Chief Security Officer to Mr. Jonathan.

“We are also looking at properties purchased in Ghana, Dubai, UK and US by various officials of the immediate past administration,” one source disclosed.

He added that one of the biggest means of money laundering was the reckless purchase of private jets by former cohorts of Mr. Jonathan.

At the end of the meeting yesterday, President Buhari made it clear to members of the committee that his government would soon commence trial of Nigerian treasury looters.


http://saharareporters.com/2015/08/11/corruption-probe-peace-committee-shocked-meeting-president-buhari

I am a Jonathan's supporter (not PDP) but whatever means PMB intends to remedy this country, let him go ahead. Are we not tired of the same story everyday?

Let him probe anyone provided the probe will recover stolen funds.

Confirmed! Lair Mohamed is the publisher of Sahara reporters. That is why the news media is alwaz filled with liesssss!


In another news, the peace committee denied ever coming to beg Buhari on GEJ's behalf.

Believe this evil news media at your own risk

kirikiri is looming 4 looters!

this is nigeria and the law say's no body is above the law and this same law also states that no body is guilty until pronounced guilty by the law court.
So any innocent person should not be afraid of buhari or e.f.c.c.

Whatever be the case, those who stole the nation's money must return them and face the law.
Peace council or no peace council.

Dear God, please protect and uphold GMB. Let him not be drowned by those who instead of repenting and restituting, are busy devising means to escape the consequences of the grave ills they have done to our country Nigeria and her great citizens. Confuse their language and set them in disarray... Amen!

Buhari should go on with the probe bt in a just and normal way...he must nt probe jonathan gov alone for posterity!

Splashme:
SaharaReporters are just crazy.
GEJ, PDP have since asked Buhari to go ahead with his probes

which pdp are u talking about ? same pdp that being shouting witch hunt ?

merry02:
Buhari should go on with the probe bt in a just and normal way...he must nt probe jonathan gov alone for posterity!

Bros what stopped jona from probing his predecessor..u better stop backing up corrupt leaders,if not we would never progress

This is a huge setback for the ACN members of the Pro-PMB army. Let's look at the facts.
* The APC were refused assistance by the Democrat Executive US government who have started cutting their losses
* The APC government were refused military assistance in terms of trade in arms and ammunition due to the terms of the Leahy act
* The Republican controlled house committee on oversight and reform two weeks later paid the president a visit and promised a look into reviewing the leahy act in relation to Nigeria
* A day after that Mr Ibe was made the GMD of NNPC
* A week later, rumors of a meeting between the president and his predecessor was reported
* Soyinka has started singing a different tune of the President's culpability in the supposed corruption scandals
* The media has been awashed with a unscheduled meeting between the President and Gen Obasanjo
* OBJ has started looking desperate in his frantic recent moves
* The fuel crisis has started to
abate
This rundown of events point towards a sort of compromise being forced down the President's throat. It's apparent that PMB has lost his major foreign supporters and so is looking for new alliances. If the reports of overtures being made are true, then the biggest losers in this new deal will be
* Tinubu
* Oyinlola
* Fashola
* Akande
* OBJ
* ACN faction, members, supporters and home region
* And eventually PMB

Jonathan admin was a haven of corruption no doubt.

No wonder mama peshe has been dumb since after d election, this goats ate all our yams with reckless abandonment and now running around pleading for mercy.return d loots they Dnt want to, yet they are begging.I know by now Jonathan will be regretting d way he disobeyed and insulted Obj. cockroach wey no dey hear word na em dey follow dead body enter grave.Somebody that doesn't evn understand d art of governing was been cautioned by Obj, yet he was acting like a man under a spell.No wonder Soyinka said 'Whom d gods wants to kill, he first make mad'.....I think they have destroyed his peace of mind just d same way he destroyed Nigeria peace too.
Amaechi be like 'Ntor gi'...D goats must rot in prison

tucky200:
which pdp are u talking about,same pdp that being shouting witch hunt ?
Bros what stopped jona from probing his predecessor..u better stop backing up corrupt leaders,if not we would never progress

u re backing them!let everybody account for his deeds!

May God continue to grant PMB the strength and determination to see this fight through.

It's not going to be easy because 90% of those who have passed through the corridor of power are corrupt. They will surely want to fight back and dirty, but with God and Nigerians on his side PMB will deliver.

The vicious cycle of corruption just has to stop somehow.

Fall in crude oil prices is a major factor that is forcing PMB to probe past corruption cases. The government is handicap financially. Assuming the crude oil price is favourable to the economy PMB would have turn a blind eye to some of the cases.

merry02:
u re backing them!let everybody account for his deeds!

olodo,am backing nobody,at least we ve got someone who's ready to probe his predecessor,how many of our leaders have ever done so

merry02:
Buhari should go on with the probe bt in a just and normal way...he must nt probe jonathan gov alone for posterity!

To probe other administrations before Jonathan, his four year tenure will not be enough. Besides, it's easier to probe Jona who handed over to him than probing any other regime.

May PMB live long to see the end of his enemies and all corrupt past officials of this country.
something tells me he will still come back and probe the obansanjos, tinubus, abdulsalaam and co...in the nearest future. i think he is just using jonathan as a starting point before unleshing on the main targets....maybe if he gets a second term.. which i see he has already laid the road map as he has put his stooge in inec..aminat zakari....seems he knows what he is doing.
the inec boss is there to win him the 2nd term election at whatever cost with or without the party. Its obivous he is dealing with only close loyalist to him like the present DSS, inec boss and co... unlike jonathan (clueless) who brought enemies (Dasuki and FFK) into his fold and they helped him run down his govt and campaign.
anyways for me that is just my conspiracy theory in my head. however he does it i really dont care....i just want to read that corrupt people are answering their father's name in jail and nigeria is a better place.

La WA oooh

These hypocrites that call themselves past leaders are the reason why we are in this sorry state.

They are the reason why Jonathan never felt the need to be a patriot. He was simply following their corrupt footsteps and approved of their records as a guide to his own looting.

PassingShot:

To probe other administrations before Jonathan, his four year tenure will not be enough. Besides, it's easier to probe Jona who handed over to him than probing any other regime.

so buhari is now Efcc,icpc that probes?excuse me pls!he's only covering his co ex-military thieves

Haa

and so? abeg okada man, next junction jare, no be here ah dey go

He should probe and get the money back abeg! Even if it means exposing people like that CAN President guy, Ayo Oritsejafor, who went to beg Buhari not to proceed with the probe yesterday.

I almost belived but when I saw that the source was sahara reporters, I changed my mind

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Obasanjo sef na agbaya

However, all I want is for our treasury to be enriched with d stolen funds....it will go a long way to get the country's economy back on track....So anyone wailing @ Buhari's insistence on probing these thieves should better back down

Why shocked

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This so called ABDULSALAM is a big stumbling block to the fight against corruption with his bogus peace committee begging for leniency for criminals.

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