Jonathan alleges Buhari’s govt harassed his team members after 2015 election

Former President Goodluck Jonathan said on Thursday his successor, Muhammadu Buhari, went after many people that served in his government.

The ex-president stated this in Abuja, during the public presentation of a memoir titled: “OPL 245: Inside Story of the $1.3bn Nigerian Oil Block,” authored by former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justiice, Bello Adoke.

Jonathan, who was represented at the event by a former Senate President, Pius Anyim, recalled how the ex-AGF was hunted by the Buhari administration over the Oil Prospecting License (OPL) 245 matter.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Adoke for alleged complicity in the OPL 245 scam.

He was however discharged and acquitted for lack of evidence by the Federal High Court, Abuja, in 2023.

In his remark at the event, the ex-presiden said Adoke’s memoir upholds the truth on the matter.

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He said: “Shortly after my tenure ended in 2015, the succeeding government launched what many saw as a manhunt against key officers of my administration.

“The author of this memoir, Mr Bello Adoke, was the Attorney-General of the Federation at that time. He was hunted across the globe.

“But today, he is alive, he is healthy, and he is here to tell his story. Let me, therefore, use this occasion to congratulate Mr Bello Adoke, my friend and brother, for his doggedness, and to say that I am pleased to join you in celebrating this victory. I urge all of us to remain conscious of the fact that power belongs to God.

“I must state, as always, that it is widely acknowledged among all civilisations that any society or organisation that does not promote justice and fairness will neither have peace nor make progress.”

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