FORMER President Goodluck Jonathan has hit back at the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Farida Waziri, for claiming that she was sacked because she refused to back down on a suspect during the oil subsidy scandal.Waziri had in an interview with journalist recently in Lagos reacted to revelation of alleged grand corruption that took place under the Jonathan’s administration.

“I’m only glad that those things didn’t happen under my watch as the EFCC Chairman because it would have been too traumatic for me.

“And that is why if I see President Jonathan today, I will kneel down to thank him for the honour done me by removing me as the EFCC Chairman at the time he did” she said.

“My first strong premonition of what was ahead was when I began the probe of the monumental oil subsidy fraud going on then”.

“I came to Lagos on a vital intelligence on the subsidy scam and as soon as I arrested a key culprit, I got a call from the Presidential Villa asking me to release the suspect, because, in their words, ‘he is our person’, but I refused to let him off and days after, I was removed from office”.

Responding, Jonathan said Waziri told lies by making such claims.

He reacted through his verified twitter handle @GEJonathan.

The former president who said crime has no statute bar challenged Waziri to name the person or the company she was investigating when she was stopped.

Jonathan said if the former EFCC boss failed to do so, she was simply hired to attack his personality.