NANS reject ‘persecution’ of Patience Jonathan

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), zone B has expressed displeasure with what it described as the persecution of Patience Jonathan, former first lady.

Addressing reporters in Ondo state on Thursday, Pedro Obi, coordinator of the zone, alleged that the wife of the immediate past president is being witch-hunted.

He said the refusal of the commission to obey the court ruling which ordered the unfreezing of the accounts belonging to Jonathan’s wife ought to be condemned.

Obi asked Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the commission, to call his men to order.

“We reject the persecution of the former first family in all ramifications, as the precedent that has been set by the EFCC in persecuting the former first family may cause an incumbent administration, who loses election in the future not to concede defeat, knowing well that political persecution lay ahead,” he said.

“This is a dangerous trend that must not be allowed to take root in the psyche of Nigerians. This is cancerous to our democratic development.

“As an intellectual and revolutionary based organization, NANS will continue to demand the strengthening of our democratic and financial institutions. We would not allow people to use the offices they occupy to score cheap political point and get at perceived enemies.

“It is important we remind the persecutors of the first family that ‘Persecution has not crushed it, power has not beaten it back, time has not abated its force, and, what is most wonderful of all, the abuses and treasons of its friends have not shaken its stability.”