$2.1 bn Arm Money: Senator Ndume Wants Jonathan Prosecuted
Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, has called for the prosecution of
former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, over alleged mismanagement of
$2.1billion by the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, to buy military
arms and ammunition.
He said if Jonathan who approved $2.1 billion for the
purchase of arms later gave directive that the money should be shared, deserved
to be prosecuted.
The lawmaker also
said Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, should be held responsible for
protracted crisis in the state.
According to the senator who was alleged to have had a link
with Boko Haram, “I am not defending President Jonathan but he approved that
this money be used for procurement of arms. So if the law says he should be
part of those to give account or those who should face justice, I think nobody
should be spared.
“I really don’t want to make comment on that but anybody
that is involved in that blood money should be held responsible.
“If the President approved that money in the name of buying
arms while giving a directive that it should be shared among his cronies, then
he should face the law.
“If anybody is supposed to buy arms and you gave them money
to buy arms, as the president, after some time you should ask `where are the
arms anyway’. Let me add and clearly that is my position, if because of this or
any other criminality Jonathan should face the law, he should, I did, I am
facing the law.
“Nobody is supposed to be above the law, if Jonathan is a
culprit he should face the law: if there is evidence that the former president
should face the law then he should. After all, he is presumed innocent until
proven guilty.”
Ndume also said the
trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, by Code of Conduct Tribunal
(CCT), was being blown out of proportion as he wondered why his own trial on
sponsorship of Boko Haram was not getting the kind of attention that Saraki’s
trial by the CCT is receiving.
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