Former President Goodluck Jonathan has taken a swipe at the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo over his claim that the immediate past administration embezzled billions of Naira few weeks to the 2015 general elections. Recall that the Vice President had on Monday said N100 billion and a separate $289 million were embezzled by officials of the Goodluck Jonathan administration, a few weeks to the 2015 elections.
The VP who stated this while speaking at the 7th Quarterly Business Forum (QBF) held at the State House, Abuja, said the economic woes being faced by Nigerians today were caused by the corruption of the former administration.
Reacting to the claim, the former Special Assistant to President, Reno Omokri challenged Osinbajo to publish evidence to support his claim. He accused the VP of repeatedly lying against the former President stressing that the “vice-president has again surrendered his lips to Satan to be used to spread slander and lies”.
“Nigerians may recall that lying is the most consistent achievement of Professor Osinbajo’s almost three years as vice-president. On this most recent allegation by vice-president Osinbajo, let me state categorically that former President Jonathan did not share 150 billion two weeks to the 2015 election.
If professor Osinbajo has proof that former President Jonathan did so, then we challenge him to publish his proof. He is a professor of law and ought to know that he who alleges must prove. Again, it is a lie from the pit of hell that the Jonathan administration spent only N14 billion on agriculture and N153 billion on infrastructure in three years as alleged by the fallacious Osinbajo.”
Omokri said the previous administration did so well in the area of infrastructure but lamented that the achievement was being underreported.
“The Jonathan administration budgeted and spent over $10 billion on infrastructure in the 5 years between May 6, 2010 and May 29, 2015. The Buhari administration, which in less than three years has borrowed more money than the PDP borrowed in 16 years, cannot point to even one major project they have started and completed.
“Both president Buhari and vice-president Osinbajo keep accusing the Jonathan administration of being corrupt and claim that they run an anti-corruption government.”
He advised the Vice President to stop peddling falsehood against the former President.
