Buhari to Jonathan: Go to court if aggrieved

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, to go to court if he felt aggrieved by the ongoing anti-corruption war.

The president, in a statement yesterday by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, debunked allegation by Jonathan that the Federal Government was harassing his family.

According to Adesina, Buhari harasses nobody but he merely allows the law to take its course.

He maintained that those without skeleton in their cupboard had nothing to fear about the bared fangs of the anti-corruption initiative, saying, “Fear belongs only to those who have abused trust while in office.

“Anybody who feels aggrieved is free to approach the courts to seek redress or justice. President Buhari believes in the rule of law and that is why his campaign against corruption is anchored on that plank.”

Adesina said with regard to Buhari’s anti-graft style which Jonathan “deprecates, given the scale of revelations and recoveries so far by the anti-corruption agencies, it is obvious that corruption had an uninhibited course during our recent past.”

He said time would give the verdict on whose style of fighting corruption ultimately yielded the most dividends.

He said for now, President Buhari was resolute and singleminded in the fact that his crusade against graft was not targeted at any individual or group.

Adesina said the Presidency was constrained to respond to the banner headline story in a national newspaper of Wednesday entitled: “Buhari’s govt harassing my family, says Jonathan.”

“The paper said former President Goodluck Jonathan made the allegation in a new book, “Against The Run of Play”, written by the Chairman of ThisDay Editorial Board, Olusegun Adeniyi.