Nigeria’s former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan this morning confirmed that he is being investigated for corruption by the incumbent administration.
Mr. Jonathan revealed this in an interview with Bloomberg TV, London.
Asked if he was aware that he is being investigated, Jonathan said “Of course, obviously we would be investigated and I am being investigated. Yes, investigations are going on”.
He said he wouldn’t want to comment on whether the investigators would find anything incriminating.
“I wouldn’t want to comment on certain things because when a government is working, it is not proper for the immediate past president to make certain statements.
I would allow the government to do the work they are supposed to do. After all the investigations, the whole story would be properly chronicled”, he said.
Jonathan, who averred that there has been corruption in Nigeria since its Independence from Britain, said “I did very well also, to curtail corruption.”
He further explained ; “My approach to corruption was ‘don’t make money available for anyone to touch.
“We made sure that area of fertiliser subsidies was cleaned up, and the whole corruption there was removed.
“I tried to do the same in the oil industry, but the very people that were accusing us of corruption were the same people frustrating it, it’s unfortunate.”
