‘Goodluck Jonathan can be tried for corruption, if…’ – Sagay

The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, has said that former President Goodluck Jonathan will be held liable if any case of corruption is established against him.

Sagay faulted the statement made by the spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party Ministers’ Forum, Abubakar Suleiman, that Jonathan cannot be held liable as no fund has been traced to him.

Sulieman, who is a former Minister of National Planning, had said that the ongoing investigation into corrupt practices by the Jonathan administration occurred between March and April last year, hence it was an ‘election issue’.

However, Sagay said: “Only the EFCC can say if Jonathan is culpable. Guilt in criminal law requires proof and there must be evidence. So, what I would say is that if a case can be established against Jonathan as regards public funds, then he has a case to answer.”

“I don’t know if that has been done. I have not seen anybody who says he was given the money by Jonathan himself although one can say that instructions to any institution that public funds should be released to other people for purposes, which those funds were not designated, is in itself a criminal affair.”

“So, it is not only when money is found on you that you have a case to answer. If you are a person in authority, and you issue directives to people under you, who are keeping public funds like the Governor of the Central Bank, and an illegal order is given to him for the release of funds, that, in itself, will raise a case for Jonathan to answer if in fact he issued such an order.”

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