I Will Expose Jonathan Soon - Buhari

Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammudu Buhari

In reply to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s national publicity secretary, Olisa Metuh’s claim that President Muhammudu Buahri was planning to loot the economy, the president has replied saying the billions embezzled by the PDP under Goodluck Jonathan will be recovered, exposed to the public and returned to the treasury.

In a statement by the president’s special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari claimed that his administration has matured and started bearing fruit.

The statement reads: “This must be deja vu, as it was the pastime of the immediate past administration, and the enormity of the sleaze will be evident when stolen money, to the tune of billions of dollars, is recovered, and returned to the national treasury soon.

“In the process of time, after all that is being planned by the current administration has matured, and bearing fruits, Nigerians will be able to determine who is serving them acceptably, and who has taken them for a ride. It is just a matter of time.” 

The statement added that Olisa Metuh and his master “have a long road of regrets to travel” when probing begins.

Buhari said the mess created by the previous administration was being cleared adding that Jonathan had no reason to run the affairs of Nigeria the way he did.

Buhari added that the cleaning process would take a monumental effort.

The statement continued: “The Buhari administration is naturally contemplative because there was absolutely no rhyme or reason to the way PDP ran the country, particularly in the immediate past dispensation. That is why the Augean Stable is being cleaned now, and it requires scrupulous and painstaking planning.

“Across all sectors, our national life was devalued, and it takes meticulousness and sure-footedness to repair all the breaches. This, the Buhari administration will deliver.”

He added that the country “had teamed up to uproot an administration that had brought the country to her knees, and was about to tip her off the precipice. And Nigerians have resolved that never would they allow any government to divide them along regional, religious and ethnic fault lines again.”

Last week, Buhari assured northern leaders who he was meeting with that his administration will recover stolen funds with the help of the United States.

Before that meeting, Buhari claimed he encountered an empty treasury when he assumed office. However, Nigeria’s former minister and deputy chairman of the National Planning Commission, Abubakar Olanrewaju Sulaiman, dismissed such claims.