The minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has said that the United States Government spied on the telephone calls of senior officials of the Goodluck Jonathan administration due to suspicious investments made by their cronies in the USA.
Speaking with State House correspondents in Abuja on Sunday, the foreign affairs minister said the revelation of the wire tappings came as a surprise to the Buhari administration.
Last July, one of the telephone conversations between former petroleum minister, Diezani Madueke and a business associate, Kola Aluko leaked.
In the conversation, Madueke admonished Aluko for buying a super yacht, warning him that his purchases would attract scrutiny from law enforcement.
“As you saw recently we never knew about the US eavesdropping on some telephone conversations of members of the previous government and private sectors talking about investments that were made in the United States, it just suddenly came out like that, so it’s an ongoing thing.”