Not A Government Of Probes But Of Due Process, Law And Order

The presidency has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari is not running a government of probes, but of due process, law and order.

Vanguard reports that Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu said that President Buhari would not shy away from probing Goodluck Jonathan in the face of allegations of fraud and corruption.

He was reacting to an allegation of selective probe against President Buhari by a Northern leader, Tanko Yakassai.

The presidential spokesman said that Buhari is not actually probing anybody but merely treating issues he met on the table

“Let me say that officially, nobody is under probe, even Dr. Jonathan. People should not make mistakes about the fact that what is going on are routine investigations. These are matters that the President has found on the table. So, there is nothing like a probe. If Jonathan will be probed, you would have heard of, may be, an administrative panel of enquiry or judicial panel of enquiry. But it hasn’t come to that. These are matters of routine engagements of due process of law and order.

“President Buhari in his campaign said his government was not going to probe into the past. We are not probing but as a responsible government, you cannot bring to the table matters such as we are dealing with and then, the President will wave them off.

“The Office of the President may be powerful but it is controlled, regulated by due process and the constitution of the country. The President cannot wave away matters that are arising from either handing-over or the routine briefings. How can anybody say he was part of the Obasanjo military regime and that’s why he’s not probing them?"

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