Nigeria: PDP Asks Jonathan to Explain Role in Arms Deal

11 January 2016

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked former President Goodluck Jonathan to clear the air on the $2.1 billion arms deal.

The party said Jonathan should explain whether he directed that the sum of $2.1 billion should be released and used to purchase arms for the military to end the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East or for PDP campaigns.

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