PHOTO:Former President Goodluck Jonathan defends Sambo Dasuki ,saying the former NSA did not Steal $2.2billion, as the allegations are not true
According to media
report, former President of Nigeria, who 'famously' said “stealing is not
corruption", has come to the defense of the embattled former National Security
Adviser (NSA), who his presently in EFCC custody for corrupt charges Col. Sambo Dasuki
(Rtd.).
The former
President Goodluck Jonathan in his usual way, at a conference, was alleged to
have said the corruption cases levied against Dasuki is unfortunate, as the
case of stealing money meant for Arms by Dasuki are not totally true.
He said the accused did not steal the said amount,
which was put at 2.2billion American dollars...remember this was the President
that said on live Television..EbonylifeTv to be précised...stealing is not a
corruption...
While giving a
speech at the said conference, he was quoted to have allegedly said:
“They said the
National Security Adviser (Sambo Dasuki) stole $2.2billion. I don’t believe
somebody can just steal $2.2 billion. We bought warships, we bought aircraft,
we bought lots of weapons for the army and so on and so forth and you are still
saying 2.2 billion, so where did we get the money to buy all those things? That
was his question....he went further to say:
“Yes, there were
some issues. Yes, there are still corruption issues but some of it were over
blown. I’d say exaggerated and they give a very bad impression about our
nation. You cannot say the national security adviser stole $2.2billion. It is
not just possible.”
After saying all
these, that was when he realized he shouldn’t have said anything, since the
matter was in court, and he could likely be a witness to such case, He now
said:
“One thing about
the issue of corruption is that these matters are in court, let’s allow some of
these processes to end. Lately some judges’ (homes) were also invaded. There
are so many things involved and we have to follow up these matters to
conclusion before we know the fact.
“I don’t want to be seen a former president
challenging what the sitting government is doing so I have decided to keep
quiet for the court to look into them.”
He said allegations
of corruption were not unique to his administration or the country.
He said: “You will see that it has become a major topic whenever there is a change of government … I am not saying there is no corruption in Nigeria, there is corruption. If you look at corruption there is almost no country that is free, the degree varies, the perception varies.
“Transparency International talks about the way corruption is being perceived in different economies, why do we talk about the way corruption is being perceived, it depends on the issue raised in the media every day.”
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