Nigerians in Lagos gathered to urge the acting president Muhammadu Buhari to put behind bars those responsible for massive embezzlement of the nation’s public funds during the era of Goodluck Jonathan.
People who rallied from the popular Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota at about 10 am to the bridge at Obafemi Awolowo way in Ikeja, specifically demanded to probe and prosecute the former finance minister in the Jonathan’s administration Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
The group of concerned citizens considers her to be one of those most responsible for the drainage of the national treasury.
The Nigerians against corruption group led by Aisha Yesufu also condemned those who oppose recent anti-corruption steps made by Muhammadu Buhari recently.
“We are impressed and want the probes to begin,” told the press one of the participants of the rally, adding that “Nigeria’s wealth has long been drained and millions of people are rendered unnecessarily poor. So we support President Muhammadu Buhari on his mission to prosecute corrupt persons and return discipline into the body polity.”
The rally ended at about 1 pm.
Information is now surfacing on the secret meeting that was held on August 6 between President Muhammadu Bahari and his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, at the Aso Villa, Abuja.
Buhari confronted Jonathan with evidence of discreet probes that were conducted by the new government into the officials that served in the Jonathon administration.
The proof of high-level corruption committed under Jonathan’s presidency concerned corrupt oil deals, arms purchases, diversion of funds and other infractions.
The plan by President Muhammadu Buhari to probe how $2.1 billion was illegally withdrawn from the excess crude account (ECA) has reportedly unsettled the former president Goodluck Jonathan and ministers who served in his administration.
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