JONATHAN DRAGS OBASANJO TO RIGHTS COMMISSION OVER CRIMINAL ALLEGATIONS

President Jonathan Goodluck yesterday submitted himself to the
National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, for probe over criminal
allegations against him by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Former
President Obasanjo had written an 18-page open letter to Jonathan,
accusing him of incompetence, engaging in anti-party activities,
ethnicism and training about 1,000 snipers ahead of the 2015 polls.
Jonathan, who denied the allegations in his response, is specifically
inviting the rights commission to unravel the truth in the allegation
that his government had begun training over 1,000 snipers to terminate
his political opponents.
In a letter to the commission, President Jonathan is seeking for a
thorough investigation of the allegations against him, touching on
alleged human rights abuses.
The letter, signed by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr.
Mohammed Adoke, SAN, on the directive of Jonathan, had already been
submitted to NHRC.
The letter dated December 23, 2013 was submitted yesterday. Sources
close to the Presidency said that similar letters had been written to
the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences
Commission, ICPC, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC.
The two anti-graft agencies are to probe allegations of economic
crimes and official corruption against the Jonathan's administration
as contained in Obasanjo's letter.