Obasanjo & Jonathan Secretly Visited Buhari Over the Weekend - Check Out all the Details

 

Nigeria's former presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan paid private visit to President Muhammadu Buhari over the weekend.

This August visit has raised insinuations in Abuja and some sections of the polity that the private visits of the two former leaders to the President were aimed at protecting the interests of the two former leaders.

Goodluck Jonathan made his first visit to his successor on Thursday night. The visit only became known following confirmation by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, yesterday.

Obasanjo also visited the villa last Friday under much secrecy and was said to have met Buhari in his residence within the villa outside the sights of news reporters. His visit was alleged to have been after working hours when the president had retired to the residence.

The presidency affirmed last night that the private visits of the former leaders to Aso Rock, were not aimed at stopping Buhari’s anti-corruption war.

Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu who also confirmed the meetings like Adesina, claimed ignorance of the details of the meetings and cautioned against speculations that the meetings were meant to derail any specific investigation of alleged corrupt deals.

“The meeting between former Presidents Obasanjo and Jonathan with President Buhari were private and confidential. The president can call them for advice. But it will be unfair for anybody to feel or say it was to stop the war against corruption. The war will continue to go on,”  Shehu said.

Jonathan’s visit aroused concern following affirmation by the presidency that the new administration would probe his government upon revelations of withheld funds, leakages and graft in the financial dealings of the immediate past administration.

Before he handed over last May, President Jonathan had, however, urged his successor not to limit his inquiry to his administration, urging him to extend any possible investigation to administrations before him.