- The national chairman of ruling APC, John Oyegun accuses Goodluck Jonathan of failing to maintain dignity after leaving office
- He says the former president lost the opportunity to make the south-south proud when he was in office
Deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, describes the return of the former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, to the PDP as a massive vote of no confidence on the leadership capacity of the APC
The national chairman of All Progressives Congress, (APC), John Oyegun, has attacked former president, Goodluck Jonathan, for boasting that his legacies still remained unparalleled after exiting office two years ago.
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Speaking in an interview with Vanguard in Abuja on Sunday, December 3, Oyegun, accused Jonathan of failing to maintain dignity after leaving office.
The APC chieftain said the former president might end up losing what was left of his reputation should he continue responding to trivial issues.
Oyegun said: "I think former President Goodluck Jonathan is not being well advised. The first thing for a man whom God has elevated with little effort to the position he attained is to maintain some dignity and decorum after office. That he is not doing.
‘’Second, the facts of Boko Haram are there. The facts of his achievements are there. He was President for six years, the East-West road is still not completed. He was president for six years, Port Harcourt airport was rated the worst international airport in the world. That is the airport that he uses virtually on a weekly basis. Just those little fundamentals."
The APC chieftain said Jonathan’s rise to the presidency was God’s gift to the south-south. He however stated that the former president lost the opportunity to make the south-south proud and questioned if such an opportunity will come again for the south-south to produce a Nigerian president.
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‘’Finally, we had that golden opportunity and we blew it. He is honored and respected today because of his singular act of conceding the defeat, even though we now know that he tried to reverse himself. ‘’So, my advice to him is, let time heal wounds,” he said.
"Don’t answer every little query and question about your Presidency because the facts are all there, very glaring. “But because of that singular act to save the nation, saved a lot of lives because the country was so charged at that time. So, accept that respect that the nation and the world give you. He is young relatively. Tomorrow, he will get over this.
‘’But if he starts doing what he is doing now, then I am really sorry he may just end up losing everything.”
Meanwhile, deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, has described the return of the former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a massive vote of no confidence on the leadership capacity of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Ekweremadu in a statement on Sunday, December 3, by his special adviser on media, Uche Anichukwu, said Atiku’s defection from the APC was a welcomed development for the PDP and for Nigeria’s democracy, The Punch reports.
He urged all former PDP faithful who left the party to emulate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and return to the party.
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Source: Naija.ng