Buhari has incriminating evidence against Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan - Prof John Paden

President Muhammadu Buhari in audience with Prof
John Paden at the Blair House, Washington DC

Professor John Paden has said that Buhari has
incriminating evidence against Ex-President Goodluck
Jonathan
Paden said President Buhari is very interested in
recovering monies stolen from the nation’s coffers
– The professor of international studies said Buhari
does not want to go after Jonathan
Prof John Paden says there are facts in the hands o
President Muhammadu Buhari, some of which can be
used to put Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan away.
According to President Muhammadu Buhari’s
biographer, Prof John Paden, Buhari has
incriminating evidence he can use to put his
predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan in jail for corruption
but has chosen not to.

Paden, a professor of International Studies made the
claim in his recently launched book, ‘Muhammadu
Buhari: Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria’.
Daily Post reports that the author wrote that Buhari
was more interested in the recovery of stolen loots
than sending officials of the past administration to
jail.
Paden in chapter 20, page 203 wrote: “As of the early
months of 2016, it appeared that the EFCC was not
going after Jonathan. Nor was it going after former
president Obasanjo. The question of the stability of
the entire political system seemed at stake.”
He alleged that Buhari had in his possession
evidence of corruption against “Jonathan but his
larger purpose was not to put former high-level
officials in jail. Rather, it was to retrieve stolen funds
and to change the political culture of the country.
n chapter 8, page 67 of the book, the author claimed
that Jonathan withdrew “enormous” funds from the
treasury as the March 28 Presidential election drew
nearer.
“The threat of postelection violence was palpable.
There would be winners and losers, quite likely with
a regional or ethnoreligious profile. The international
community was deeply concerned. Was Nigeria on
the brink? High level diplomatic demarches were
made to both candidates. A highly publicised ‘Peace
Accord’ was signed by Jonathan and Buhari. But
would they be able to control grassroots supporters,”
he wrote, explaining events leading to the election.
“As March 28 approached, enormous sums of money
were withdrawn from the treasury by the incumbents,”
he said.