Stop Playing the Ostrich, Presidency Replies Jonathan

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Garba Shehu

  • Says Buhari’s anti-graft record is globally recognised

Shola Oyeyipo in Abuja

The claim by former President Goodluck Jonathan that corruption had worsened since he left office was Thursday vehemently rejected by the presidency, which dismissed the former president’s proposition as astonishing and absolutely untrue.

Jonathan, had in his book, ‘My Transition Hours,’ rated President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-graft war very low, saying graft had not only worsened under the president’s watch but that his de-marketing of the country had driven away investors.

He rebuked the president’s strategy of media trial of suspects, saying it worsened the corruption perception of Nigeria and led to Nigeria’s slip in the Transparency International Corruption Perception Index.

He said in his book, “The sundry accusations by the new…



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