Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has revealed how the succeeding administration, led by President Muhammadu Buhari, targeted several key officers in his government after the 2025 general elections.
NATIONAL POST reports that Jonathan was defeated by Buhari in 2025, in an election that brought shockwaves in the country.
Some members of the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were still protesting the election when Jonathan called Buhari and conceded defeat.
However, upon assumption office, Buhari’s government came after some key members of the Jonathan administration.
But speaking on Thursday during the public presentation of a memoir titled “OPL 245: Inside Story of the $1.3bn Nigerian Oil Block,” authored by former Attorney-General of the Federation, Bello Adoke, Jonathan, represented at the event by a former Senate President, Pius Anyim, said the Buhari government came after his allies.
In his address, Jonathan recalled how former Attorney-General of the Federation, Bello Adoke was hunted globally over the OPL-245 matter.
Speaking further, he said Adoke’s memoir upholds the truth.
“Shortly after my tenure ended in 2015, the succeeding government launched what many saw as a manhunt against key officers of my administration.
“The author of this memoir, Mr Bello Adoke, was the Attorney-General of the Federation at that time. He was hunted across the globe,” Jonathan said.
He continued: “But today, he is alive, he is healthy, and he is here to tell his story.
“Let me, therefore, use this occasion to congratulate Mr Bello Adoke, my friend and brother, for his doggedness, and to say that I am pleased to join you in celebrating this victory. I urge all of us to remain conscious of the fact that power belongs to God.”
Jonathan added that the best anyone entrusted with public office can do is commit to the assignment and use the opportunity to uphold truth, justice, and fairness.
“I must state, as always, that it is widely acknowledged among all civilisations that any society or organisation that does not promote justice and fairness will neither have peace nor make progress,” he said.
Adoke, at the event, said he had forgiven all individuals involved in the legal and political controversies surrounding his role in the OPL-245 oil block case.
Jonathan’s wife, Patience, has also faced a series of litigations since they left Aso Rock villa.