$2.1bn scandal: Jonathan preparing for his own defence, says CACOL

The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders has
said the comments of former President
Jonathan about the allegations against his
former National Security Adviser , Col . Sambo
Dasuki ( retd ), was a way of preparing for his
own defence when he was eventually called
to question .
Jonathan had expressed disbelief against the
allegation against Dasuki while giving a
lecture at the Oxford Union in the United
Kingdom.

He said , “ They said the National Security
Adviser (Sambo Dasuki) stole $ 2. 2 bn. I don ’ t
believe somebody can just steal $2 . 2bn .
‘‘ We bought warships, we bought aircraft , we
bought lots of weapons for the Army and so
on and so forth and you are still saying
$ 2 . 2 bn ( was stolen ). So , where did we get the
money to buy all those things ?
But the Executive Chairman of CACOL , Mr .
Debo Adeniran , said the former President’ s
comments were expected .
Adeniran said , “ I am not surprised that the
former President made such a statement
because he has always demonstrated his
ignorance of how much malfeasance took
place under his watch .
“ He was the chief accounting officer of that
regime and believe that all fingers are
pointing in his direction , because most of
those that have confessed to sharing in the
loot have mentioned one way or the other
that he (Jonathan ) gave approval for the
money they expended , the latest of which is
Obanikoro and Fani - Kayode .
“ He knew that eventually , it will get to him ,
that was why he was saying that it was not
possible for Dasuki to steal $2 . 1bn , even
when he saw people moving more than $ 9 m
to South Africa under a non - conventional
guise for buying arms and he saw the
revelations that even some of his ministers
went away with more than $20 bn .
“ He was just saying that to prepare the
ground for his own defence, maybe, when
eventually he is called to answer questions .
Basically , it ’ s just a kind of drowning man
clutching to the available straw . ”