Peter Campbell, a former US ambassador to
Nigeria from May 2004 to November 2007, says Patience Jonathan was
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disliked during the period her husband, Goodluck Jonathan, served
as the country’s president.
Campbell revealed this in an article
published on the Council of Foreign Relations website, where he
described the former first lady as an “arrogant and flamboyant” woman.
The article reads
“There is push back against President Buhari’s anti-corruption campaign, especially among the opposition PDP.
Some
claim that Buhari is using the EFCC to go after his political enemies.
In the predominately Christian parts of the country there are also
murmurs that the anticorruption campaign is part of a Muslim effort
against Christians.
The Committee on Public Petitions in the
House of Representatives has issued a warrant for the arrest of Magu
because of his failure to appear before them with respect to a petition
by Patience Jonathan. The Committee’s move appears to be led by
southern, Christian, PDP representatives.
There is a
tradition in Nigeria of presidents using the EFCC and other
anticorruption agencies against their political enemies. While it is
true that under President Buhari, most of the high-profile
investigations have been of PDP former officials in the Jonathan
administration who are predominately Christian, these people were also,
of course, in positions where they could loot public funds.
Further,
Christians dominated the Jonathan government, though the EFCC has also
investigated Sambo Dasuki, Jonathan’s Muslim national security advisor,
who remains under house arrest.
Patience Jonathan as first
lady was flamboyant, arrogant, and widely disliked. She has yet to be
convicted of a crime, however, it is curious how a person who spent most
of her career in public service could accumulate an acknowledged $35m
in a poor country.”
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