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Nigeria's former President Goodluck Jonathan has attacked Prof. Itse Sagay over his comment to him regarding an arms deal scandal reportedly perpetrated by ex NSA Sambo Dasuki.
Sagay had expressed his dismay at the level of corruption that took place during Jonathan's administration and advised him to have a chat with President Muhammadu Buhari and confess all he knows.
But Jonathan in response to the calls for him to confess has faulted Sagay for acting contrary to the decorum expected of a learned scholar.
Speaking via a statement issued by Abubakar Sulaiman, his former minister of national planning Jonathan said Sagay, who is the chairman of the presidential advisory committee on corruption, as a respected learned scholar should know better.
According to him, Sagay ought to know that you “don’t hang a suspect on the pages of newspaper or via social media until he or she is found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction”.
“Accordingly, even where the learned jurist feels passionate of such a sensitive but sensational issue, he should know the right route to the villa rather than taking such prejudicial position.
“It is high time our legal luminaries confined themselves to the noble ethics of their profession than toeing the path of some mischief politicians.
“And we pray that when the report of his Committee finally comes out, it will reflect and incorporate the noble principles of rule of law, fair hearing and impartiality so as to meet the irreducible minimum standard expected in matters of this nature. We also pray that it may not end up dashing, rather than raising the hopes of average Nigerian in the vintage APC fashion, as with most things these days”, he stated.
The Sun
Sagay had expressed his dismay at the level of corruption that took place during Jonathan's administration and advised him to have a chat with President Muhammadu Buhari and confess all he knows.
But Jonathan in response to the calls for him to confess has faulted Sagay for acting contrary to the decorum expected of a learned scholar.
Speaking via a statement issued by Abubakar Sulaiman, his former minister of national planning Jonathan said Sagay, who is the chairman of the presidential advisory committee on corruption, as a respected learned scholar should know better.
According to him, Sagay ought to know that you “don’t hang a suspect on the pages of newspaper or via social media until he or she is found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction”.
“Accordingly, even where the learned jurist feels passionate of such a sensitive but sensational issue, he should know the right route to the villa rather than taking such prejudicial position.
“It is high time our legal luminaries confined themselves to the noble ethics of their profession than toeing the path of some mischief politicians.
“And we pray that when the report of his Committee finally comes out, it will reflect and incorporate the noble principles of rule of law, fair hearing and impartiality so as to meet the irreducible minimum standard expected in matters of this nature. We also pray that it may not end up dashing, rather than raising the hopes of average Nigerian in the vintage APC fashion, as with most things these days”, he stated.
The Sun
