Those afraid should state why they are’
Ministers and presidential aides must be ready to answer for their actions after leaving office, the All Progressives Congress (APC) said yesterday.
But the party of the incoming Gen. Muhammadu Buhari administration will not persecute anybody, contrary to President Goodluck Jonathan’s fears.
The APC was yesterday reacting to Dr. Jonathan’s statement on Sunday at the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) Cathedral Church of Advent, Life Camp, Gwarimpa, Abuja during a farewell service in his honour.
The President said: “For ministers and aides who served with me, I sympathise with them; they will be persecuted. And they must be ready for that persecution.”
But APC spokesman Lai Mohammed, in a statement, said the incoming Buhari Administration will not persecute anyone.
The party said, however, that those who have played poker with the nation’s destiny must be willing and eager to clear their conscience before man and God.
“That the President-elect is a man of integrity is not an issue for debate, and he has made it clear that he will not be bogged down by endless probes.