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We are still suffering from corruption allegations levelled against us, says ex-president Jonathan

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Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has revealed that himself and some cabinet members during his time as president are still suffering from corruption allegations levelled against them.

Jonathan who first served as the 12th vice president of Nigeria alongside late Umar Musa Yar’adua in 2007, served as the President from 2010 to 2015.

Speaking during a book launch in his name titled “Dear President Goodluck Jonathan” in Abuja on Tuesday, the former president said he was forced to sacrifice himself when he was being pressured by political associates to sack Aruma Oteh as the director-general of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2012 in order “to appease the federal lawmakers whom Oteh had accused of corruption.”

“That is the problem myself and some members of my cabinet are still suffering since the beginning this administration when we were all tagged corrupt people.

“But I thank God that people can come together to celebrate me today. It is God. Otherwise, I would have been completely buried (politically).

“When my close political allies, advised me to sacrifice Arunma Oteh so that I don’t have problems with the house of representatives.

“I said I won’t sacrifice any Nigerian just for me to be in the good books of the lawmakers. Rather, I would sacrifice myself. I took that decision because I was convinced she was not corrupt.”

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