Buhari won't spare ex-president Jonathan if he's proven corrupt - presidency

President  Buhari will not spare anyone who has a case to answer, and his predecessor Jonathan would face justice if guilty of corruption cases, presidential spokesperson Femi Adesina has said.

Adesina told Premium Times on Thursday, when he visited the newspaper's office in Abuja, that Buhari has ''no accord'' to shield any corrupt person from prosecution.

''There is no accord,'' he said, ''if the corruption fight needs to get there (making Mr. Jonathan face justice), it will get there.''

There is no accord that if corruption is proven, it will not be tried, ''he said of the former president. ''With this president, nobody will be protected. And I underscore it, if it needs to get anywhere, it will get there.''

He emphasized that there was no agreement prior to the March 2015 presidential election that Mr. Jonathan would not be made to face trial if corruption allegations were proven against him.

Mr. Adesina denied Mr. Buhari’s involvement in the release of Mr. Isa after the APC member reportedly returned N100 million out of N170 million he was accused of unlawfully receiving from Mr. Dasuki.

''If the President had wanted to protect him, he would not have been arrested in the first place”, Mr. Adesina said.