Abuja, Nigeria.
Dissociated Press has just uncovered fresh details of a pre-inauguration deal struck between then President-elect Muhammadu Buhari and Goodluck Jonathan. Sources within the current administration who pleaded anonymity told our investigative reporters that this deal was one of the real reasons why then President Jonathan decided to throw in the towel after the elections and not put up a fight as anticipated by many Nigeria watchers.
Buhari allegedly promised to give Jonathan and his henchmen in the ministries three months to cover up their tracks and hide or destroy all relevant records that could lead to their imprisonment. During this time, Buhari pledged not to have any Ministers or cabinet. "Whatever they can not cover during the three months will then be used in anti-corruption prosecutions," one of our sources said.
When approached for comment, volunteers in President Buhari's office wrote back to Dissociated Press accusing our reporter of being "an agent of the devil and a closet Jonathanian". They wrote that they had never "heard such arrant nonsense" and that this was "a campaign of calumny aimed at soiling the good name of Mr President." They also said that they would not tolerate "casting aspersions or fingering the Presidency in any stupid deal with the Devil", adding that they were doing everything possible to see that Dissociated Press is "destroyed once and for all".
Each time former President Jonathan was contacted for comment, our reporter was told that he was in the gym with his wife doing yoga.
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Friday, September 18, 2015
BUHARI CONDEMNS BURKINA FASO COUP; SAYS HIS '83 COUP WAS DIFFERENT
Abuja, Nigeria
President Buhari in an exclusive chat with Dissociated Press, Friday, condemned in the strongest terms the coup in Burkina Faso by members of its army, effectively truncating democracy only weeks to a general election.
"As Africans we reject unequivocally the truncating of democracy by gun wielding soldiers," Buhari said.
When asked if he did not feel conflicted as someone who himself benefitted from a successful coup which overthrew a democratically elected government, he sighed, paused and replied:
"You see my coup was different. My coup was a good coup. There are good coups and there are bad coups. But that is not even the main issue. I have repented. Can someone not repent again? If a boy has been going around sleeping with women and now he has stopped, can he not advise younger boys not to go around sleeping with women?"
Mr Buhari first came to power in a military coup in December 1983 which toppled the democratically elected regime of Mr Shehu Shagari, before defeating Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 in a general election to become president a second time.
Mr Buhari further advised all dictators to repent from dictatorships.
"You see now America is my friend. In '83 when I did a coup, America was not my friend. They like me now because I did an election. Everyone needs to be America's friend. They don't like using guns to get power. I mean, they like guns freely available in their country for everyone without discrimination but that is only because their citizens are not going to wake up and do a coup. People should learn from me."
Mr Buhari was recently received very warmly by the US President Barrack Obama.
President Buhari in an exclusive chat with Dissociated Press, Friday, condemned in the strongest terms the coup in Burkina Faso by members of its army, effectively truncating democracy only weeks to a general election.
"As Africans we reject unequivocally the truncating of democracy by gun wielding soldiers," Buhari said.
When asked if he did not feel conflicted as someone who himself benefitted from a successful coup which overthrew a democratically elected government, he sighed, paused and replied:
"You see my coup was different. My coup was a good coup. There are good coups and there are bad coups. But that is not even the main issue. I have repented. Can someone not repent again? If a boy has been going around sleeping with women and now he has stopped, can he not advise younger boys not to go around sleeping with women?"
Mr Buhari first came to power in a military coup in December 1983 which toppled the democratically elected regime of Mr Shehu Shagari, before defeating Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 in a general election to become president a second time.
Mr Buhari further advised all dictators to repent from dictatorships.
"You see now America is my friend. In '83 when I did a coup, America was not my friend. They like me now because I did an election. Everyone needs to be America's friend. They don't like using guns to get power. I mean, they like guns freely available in their country for everyone without discrimination but that is only because their citizens are not going to wake up and do a coup. People should learn from me."
Mr Buhari was recently received very warmly by the US President Barrack Obama.
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