JOHNATHAN FEARS AS BUHARI PLANS TO PRO HIM




President Muhammadu Buhari to probe how $2.1 billion was illegally withdrawn from the excess crude account (ECA) has reportedly unsettled the former president Goodluck Jonathan and ministers who served in his administration, The Nation reports.
Jonathan, who recently arrived home from a vacation following his May 29 handover to Buhari, has reportedly claimed that the probe about to be conducted by the present administration is a plot to blackmail him and his erstwhile cabinet colleagues.

The Nation, citing sources allegedly in the know, reports that Jonathan is planning to plead his case with the Abubakar Abdulsalami-led national peace committee that oversaw the smooth transition from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration to that of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
A former minister who served under the Jonathan administration said the former president is particularly incensed that “the administration of Buhari has been stigmatising his administration instead of putting him into confidence on issues“.
The top news stories making headlines in some national dailies are:
Vanguard – Appointment Of New Service Chiefs: 25 Generals Face Retirement
Daily Sun – New Service Chiefs: Sack Fever
The Punch – DSS Grill NNPC Diorector 11 Times Over Swap Deals
The Nation – Jonathan Kicks As Buhari Plans $2.1b oil Cash Probe
The Guardian – Put National Interest First, Buhari Tells APC Leaders
In another development, Vanguard reports that about 25 major generals are set to go on compulsory retirement following the appointment of new service chiefs on Monday by President Muhammadu Buhari,
Vanguard, citing military sources, reports that with the appointment of Major-General T.Y. Buratai, who is a course 29 regular intake of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), as chief of army staff, senior military officers from course 25, 26, and 27 may have to leave the service voluntarily.

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