whatever was stolen from the treasury must be returned to Nigeria.. President Muhammadu Buhari tells Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan

Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan at the weekend met with President Muhammadu Buhari privately in the Presidential Villa. The meeting, however was said to have been instigated by a former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar, The Nation learnt yesterday.
The emergence of the meeting, it was gathered, arose, following, complaints by Jonathan that the President was not sticking to the peace accord they signed at the 2015 Elections Peace Committee.
Jonathan also sought for understanding on alleged corrupt practices and mismanagement of funds under his administration. A source said Jonathan claimed that he was hearing about some of the graft allegations for the first time But Buhari was said to have insisted that all looted funds must be returned to the nation’s coffers.
According to a source who pleaded anonymity because of the ‘sensitivity’ of the matter, Buhari also restated his pledge that Jonathan had nothing to fear at all. But he said there was no going back on the recovery of looted funds.
The source said: “The President reassured Jonathan that he has no personal agenda against him. But he insisted that whatever was stolen from the treasury must be returned.”
The outcome of the session was said to have informed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s declaration at the weekend that the Buhari administration’s anti-corruption battle was not targeted at Jonathan.
A source, however, confirmed that the parley meeting was arranged by Abdulsalami. Jonathan was uncomfortable that Buhari had moved against his ex-Chief Security Officer (CSO), ex-National Security Adviser (NSA) and some ministers. The source said Jonathan asked the Abdulsalami Committee to prevail on Buhari not to ‘rubbish’ him.
“For some weeks, Jonathan has been in the country to iron out some issues on his government,” the source said.
“Based on Jonathan’s complaint, Abdulsalami made efforts – five times – to get in touch with Buhari but the ex-Head of State could not get through on time. I think Buhari already had security reports on Jonathan’s emissary.”

“This was how Abdulsalami succeeded in securing an appointment from Buhari for Jonathan with a caveat that the immediate past President should feel free to bare his mind, the source added.
When contacted, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, said: “I am aware that President Buhari met with ex-President Goodluck Jonathan but it was behind closed doors. I don’t have the details of what they discussed.”
Some of the issues which made Jonathan to seek peace talks with Buhari are:
Probe of $2.1billion illegally withdrawn from the Excess Crude Account without recourse to the National Economic Council(NEC);
Whereabouts of $4billion taxes and dividends paid by the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited between 2009 and 2014;
How the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) spent N3.8trillion in three years;
Likely trial of some ex-ministers; and list of looted funds, banks where they are kept and ex-ministers or government officials affected.
The National Economic Committee (NEC) had on June 29 raised a four-man committee of Governors Adam Oshiomhole (Edo), Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna) and Ibrahim Dankwambo (Gombe) to strictly probe the outgone administration in all capacity.
Consequently, President Buhari awaits the four-man panel’s report.