“There have been calls from
concerned Nigerians for the former president to break his (un)dignified
silence and tell Nigerians his role in the arms deal scandal. Jonathan
is not above the law”
The quote, "I have proven to Nigerians
that my political ambition is not worth anyone's blood" by Goodluck
Jonathan on every appearance and even on the lips of his crass
supporters has lost touch with the present realities.
The confessions of some mixed bags of
heavily corrupt Nigerians under the custody of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of how $2.1 million earmarked for
arms procurement was diverted for personal use has proven otherwise
about the above quote.
If truly, the former president's
political ambition does not worth the blood of Nigerians, why did he
allow profiteering politicians access to the national treasury? Why did
he allow our soldiers to go to battle field largely unarmed and
unprepared in the fight against insurgency? And why did he allow
uncountable Nigerians turn refugees in own country after dozens of
people had been killed and scores injured and kidnapped in separate
attacks?
If the political ambition of the
immediate past president does not worth the blood of Nigerians, why did
he turn the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) to his
campaign office where hard currencies were salted away?
It beats my imagination and it defies
not just logic but also philosophy how desperate our political class
could be in pursuit of their political ambitions. How could one man, who
was not any of the following, the President, Vice president,
Coordinating minister of the economy, Central Bank Governor, control and
disburse hard currencies that are more than some countries’ annual
budget just for the sole purpose of winning election?
Who made it possible for the former
National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki to attain the height of
tyrannical proportions in his dealings and disbursements of money meant
for arms procurement? And who instructed who should benefit from the
largesse and who should not?
Junketing the whole world with his
headache inducing quote, “I have proven to the world my political
ambition does not worth the blood of any Nigerian”, has lost its taste,
especially now there are overwhelming evidence of his complicity in the
arms deal scandal.
Recently, there have been calls from
concerned Nigerians for the former president to break his (un)dignified
silence and tell Nigerians his role in the arms deal scandal. Jonathan
is not above the law and should come out and explain in details what
transpired during his administration over the arms deal.
Even the lion who is the king of the forest protects himself against flies.
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