It was earlier disclosed that a civil society group, known as the forum for accountability and justice, has called for the immediate arrest of former President Goodluck Jonathan, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over what it termed as the alleged monumental corruption believed to have characterized his administration as the president of Nigeria.
Comrade Luke Akartaka queried the group, in a statement issued in Portharcourt, and signed by its leader, why the incumbent administration of President Muhammadu Buhari refused to question Jonathan over the numerous mind boggling revelation of monumental frauds and embezzlement of public funds under his government.
The group berated the continued attitude of treating the ex-president as a sacred cow, even in the face of damning revelations, against his administration. "It is very regrettable, that today, not even we the people of the Niger Delta region, where the former president hails from, have nothing, to show for producing a president, who was in office for six years and all we knew, of his legacies, are the cases of corruption, that are now in monumental proportions. The group said, the EFCC, can no longer continue to exonerate Dr Jonathan from his subordinates' proven acts of corruption. For this country's anti-corruption crusade, to be deemed successful, we believe the time has come for the EFCC to pick up Dr Jonathan to tell Nigerians all that he knows of the many cases of corruption that happened under him. The group said it will not hesitate to approach the court for a compelling order, if the anti graft commission refused to act.Specialmata.com had reported that as of August 2017, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was still investigating some high-profile cases involving over 100 politically-exposed persons and top-ranking public officers.
