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, 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.
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