Nigeria’s Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has said that the immediate past President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was not a power hungry individual although he allowed corruption to thrive during his administration.

He made the assertion while speaking at the book launch of a former Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Bolaji Abdullahi who is now a spokesman for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) held at the Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja.

Dr. Saraki said he believed the fuel subsidy scam during Jonathan’s administration remained the largest single case of corruption in the nation’s history as according to him, almost ₦1.3 trillion was stolen during the period when he was still just a Senator.

The Senate President further revealed that he brought the then ongoing fraud to the attention of the former President whom he said lightly waved it aside by saying “You know, oil business is oily.”

Dr. Saraki however told the gathering that the former President was not desperate for power despite the fact that power came to him when he was not prepared for it.

“I think it is us Nigerians that produce the kind of leaders we get. No matter what you say about him, I don’t think he was someone who was desperate for power.

”He was not someone that was prepared for leadership. Yes, by misfortune or fortune I keep on saying, we all know the right things but we don’t do them. We find ourselves sometimes blaming individuals, blaming others than ourselves,” Saraki said.