The coordinated attack on the integrity and credibility of former President Goodluck Jonathan is unfortunate. That the same hastily cooked up lies were reported simultaneously and almost word for word by the known client media of the powers that be is evidence of the fact that someone powerful is out to get the former President.

Let us even consider the report in itself. One of the conjectures used by the propagators of this lie to pull the wool over the eyes of Nigerians is contained in this quote “It has been known in government circles that Jonathan may be behind the NDA. The speed with which he denied the allegation spoke volumes.”

There has never been such a childish and amateurish justification for sullying the hard earned peaceful reputation of a man like former President Jonathan as this.

When in November of 2012 Boko Haram named Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), now the current President of Nigeria, as one of its chosen mediators did he not quickly and immediately deny and reject the nomination by Boko Haram?

Flowing from the same warped reasoning, his speedy denial is also evidence that he had a hand in the terrorism occasioned by the radical Islamic sect, but we know that is not true because Boko Haram tried to kill Mr. Buhari.

If it were that Dr. Jonathan did not quickly and completely deny any links with the Niger Delta Avengers and any other militants group, then the sponsors of this wishy washy story would have changed their tactics and would have said that his non denial is evidence of his complicity.

Another so called evidence used against the former President in this sponsored report is the fact that he called for peace and urged militants not to declare a republic or contemplate secession.

In the disturbed thinking of the sponsors of this report, this is evidence against Dr. Jonathan?

Has it occurred to these demented persons that this is precisely what a genuine statesman should do in times like these? In September of 2011, former President Olusegun Obasanjo visited Maiduguri to see the family of the late founder of Boko Haram, Mohammed Yusuf, in search of peace. He was applauded for such a courageous act, as he should have been, because that is what is expected of statesmen.

In other climes, they give people Nobel Peace Prizes for prevailing on belligerents to sheathe their swords, but apparently in Nigeria, it is evidence of your complicity. Should Nigerians be surprised then that passers by refuse to help those attacked by armed robbers or accident victims on the roadside like the Good Samaritan? If you do, the government may accuse you of being the perpetrator instead of the savior.

But these happenings are not surprising to me. We were all witnesses to the threat to withdraw the licenses of the two major fertilizer manufacturers in Nigeria, Notore Petrochemical and Indorama Eleme Petrochemical, for providing the materials used by terrorists and militants to make Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).

Now, according to this new tale inserted into the media, it was Dr. Jonathan who instructed militants to mine oil installations before the May 29th, 2015 handover date.

Now it is confirmed that liars do not have a good memory and so must contradict themselves. If the oil installations were rigged with mines the question to be asked is are mines made from fertilizers? Can they not get their story right?

There is a troubling pattern here. It seems that any time Dr. Jonathan is advancing on the world stage for his humanitarian and pro-democracy activities, these fallacious stories appear in the media to distract him.

When he was on his very successful international speaking tour earlier in the year, the lie was told that he was away on exile.

Now that he is back from his second successful outing as head of the African Union Elections Observation Mission to Zambia the usual suspects are up to their old tricks. Who knows what they would do next when they behold the great things that Dr. Jonathan is set to do very shortly?

And to the Minister of Information, Dr. Lai Mohammed, who was quoted in the said report as saying “these allegations have refused to go away and those making the allegations are not backing out”, let me remind him that there are allegations against him that have refused to go away.

In fact, the allegations against Lai Mohammed come with documentary evidence. We remember that he was alleged to have begged his subordinates at the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for a ‘loan’ of ₦13 million against civil service rules and against the rules of public decency.

Have those allegations gone away, Mr. Lai Mohammed? Should we then accept them as true? Of course not! Why? Because allegations, no matter how weighty,are not evidence.

Like I said before, I am ever proud of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. Somebody asked me what I gained by working with Goodluck Jonathan. My response was that I learnt wisdom. I learnt that It is better to lose power and gain honor than to gain power and lose honor. I learnt not to defend myself when my enemies falsely accuse me. The same media that gleefully reported their lies will eventually expose them when they see that the public is no longer buying their lies.

Finally, I learnt that the best revenge against those who criticize how you do your job is to step aside and let them have the job and watch them underperform in such a manner until they get so desperate that the only achievements they can boast of are the ones you achieved during your so called underperformance. May God bless Dr. Jonathan for teaching me such wisdom! In Jesus name.

Omokri is the founder of the Mind of Christ Christian Center in California, author of Shunpiking: No Shortcuts to God and Why Jesus Wept and the host of Transformation with Reno Omokri

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It is a pity that some people have made it their life ambition to poison the minds of Nigerians against Jonathan, and still, his international and national profile keeps blossoming.

We all know inside us that Jonathan is innocent, even if we try to paint him as guilty.

Afonjas are the ones trying to rope in Jonathan because of his love for Igbos

If a team performs poorly, it is the fault of the manager.

thesicilian:
If a team performs poorly, it is the fault of the manager.

so what exactly are you insinuating?

Reno the man Playing the victim as usual

What the heck do APC take we nigerians 4? Trying to hide there ineffectiveness with this theory about GEJ been d sponsor of NDA. this was the same man that before buhari was even declared winner called him just to douse tension and in the spirit of sportsmanship relinquished power when he had all the mercenaries and power of coercion to annul that election and term it inconclusive.now this same useless party are trying to play on our intelligence so we forget there stupid policies and ineffectiveness.APC and BUHARI una lie?only a fool and a stupefied ZOMBIE would believe this lie cooked from hell.GEJ we 'right' thinking nigerians love and believe u.

We know the people behind these attempts and they are from the only tribe in the South that keep doing this

this is the problem. these wicked politicians know how gullible and simple minded most Nigerians are. so they whip up rubbish through their media to cover up their failures.

just look at that rubbish that shameless and unprofessionall daura secret service call intelligence report.

i weep for this God forsaken union we call a country.

next month they'll come up with another one to keep their zombies busy

#WORD from Reno

blueto:
It is a pity that some people have made it their life ambition to poison the minds of Nigerians against Jonathan, and still, his international and national profile keeps blossoming.

We all know inside us that Jonathan is innocent, even if we try to paint him as guilty.

no amount of blackmail can tarnish a shinning star

let them not seek to do their bit and be seeking rubbish

wonder how the continues blame will improve the economy

its just crazy...if gej wanted to cause problems for this country all he could have done was remove jega as inec chairman and appointed a south easterner/westerner/niger deltan to rig the hell out of the last elections..

whats all this rubbish about him being behind the avengers...the same gej who told the militants to let go and embrace peace after he lost the elections...nonsense

robosky02:



no amount of blackmail can tarnish a shinning star

let them not seek to do their bit and be seeking rubbish

wonder how the continues blame will improve the economy

This thing is getting too much now. the same GEJ that they accused of being ‘weak’ suddenly summed up courage to establish NDA.

When will these people have sense?

"It's better to loose power and gain honour than to gain power and loose honour".

***Words on Marble***. Hope power mongers are learning fast from unfolding events in Nigeria. God is wonderful!

If I say that GEJ is APC's worst nightmare now some people will quote me and start throwing tantrums

Finally, I learnt that the best revenge against those who criticize how you do your job is to step aside and let them have the job and watch them underperform in such a manner until they get so desperate that the only achievements they can boast of are the ones you achieved during your so called underperformance. May God bless Dr. Jonathan for teaching me such wisdom! In Jesus name.

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Word!

blueto:
so what exactly are you insinuating?

I am not insinuating anything. I believe the statement very much stands for itself.

OLADD:
"It's better to loose power and gain honour than to gain power and loose honour".

***Words on Marble***. Hope power mongers are learning fast from unfolding events in Nigeria. God is wonderful!

My brother... To God be the glory!

Gudluck lost d election as an incubent step aside honourably congratulated him n inspite of all manner of insults hates n so on he still visit bubuhari d power hungry tyrant who obviously have nothin 2 offer truly gudluck u are a great man

thesicilian:

I am not insinuating anything. I believe the statement very much stands for itself.

You can see I recorded a Like on that question to show that I am not the only one that didn't grasp what the statement was about.

No problem if you still think it is okay to leave it like that.

Lalasticlala

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blueto:
You can see I recorded a Like on that question to show that I am not the only one that didn't grasp what the statement was about.

No problem if you still think it is okay to leave it like that.

OK, let me explain: If a group of people fail to live up to their expectations, the leader of the group usually takes the blame. Take a football team for example. If they perform poorly for the season, the coach is likely to be sacked. Now whether it was the fault of the strikers who refused to score, or the defenders who just couldn't keep the ball out of their own net, doesn't matter much. The coach will be blamed. Why? Because his job is to make sure that every member of the team is performing at his optimal level and who ever does not should be replaced.
The same thing with government. If the ministers and principal officers you have selected are not working well, it is your job as the President to make sure he either sits up, or is replaced. This is why everybody keeps blaming Jonathan today. We all know that he is a good man, a good person (at least most of us believe so), but being unable to coordinate and efficiently supervise his subordinates resulting in so much corruption and decay in the system makes him a bad leader. Good person, bad leader.
So it is not out of place that people are blaming Jonathan for the problems of the nation, even though he may not be the direct cause. When a team performs poorly, it is (usually taken as) the fault of the manager.

blueto:
It is a pity that some people have made it their life ambition to poison the minds of Nigerians against Jonathan, and still, his international and national profile keeps blossoming.

We all know inside us that Jonathan is innocent, even if we try to paint him as guilty.

Dont mind them haters, the harder they come against GEJ, the harder they fall. Ochu nwa okuko nwe ada, nwa okuko nwe nwe-nwe oso!!!

Omokri paid hacks full here!!!

thesicilian:

OK, let me explain: If a group of people fail to live up to their expectations, the leader of the group usually takes the blame. Take a football team for example. If they perform poorly for the season, the coach is likely to be sacked. Now whether it was the fault of the strikers who refused to score, or the defenders who just couldn't keep the ball out of their own net, doesn't matter much. The coach will be blamed. Why? Because his job is to make sure that every member of the team is performing at his optimal level and who ever does not should be replaced.
The same thing with government. If the ministers and principal officers you have selected are not working well, it is your job as the President to make sure he either sits up, or is replaced. This is why everybody keeps blaming Jonathan today. We all know that he is a good man, a good person (at least most of us believe so), but being unable to coordinate and efficiently supervise his subordinates resulting in so much corruption and decay in the system makes him a bad leader. Good person, bad leader.
So it is not out of place that people are blaming Jonathan for the problems of the nation, even though he may not be the direct cause. When a team performs poorly, it is (usually taken as) the fault of the manager.

First of all, it will be very silly to blame GEJ without blaming Buhari. We are all aware that those who blame GEJ do it out of hatred for him, not that he was culpable or was incompetent nor his ministers were duffers. Jonathan's ministers are still best ministers in Nigeria so far(albeit, some of them where questionable in moral character, but they possessed and demonstrated high technocracy and proficiency), and today, some of them have been rewarded with merited and prestigious international appointments.

If GEJ performed awfully, then why is Buhari's govt capitalising on his ideas and innovations? For instance, The TSA introduced by GEJ was adopted by Buhari, the rail way systems, They just changed the name of Youwin to N-power and applied some mutations.

Wendell Simlin doing what he knows how to do best.

Hahahahaha karma is a biatch


How they made us think buhari is the leader of book haram is still very fresh in our minds ..
In fact, all PDP campaigns was about how buhari s book haram leader and how he used boko haram to stop jonathan from fixing the country. They couldn't point to their achievements

Buhari the book haram
Jonathan the avenger.

If you believe one and not the other, you are a fhuckface hypocrite.

blueto:
First of all, it will be very silly to blame GEJ without blaming Buhari. We are all aware that those who blame GEJ do it out of hatred for him, not that he was culpable or was incompetent nor his ministers were duffers. Jonathan's ministers are still best ministers in Nigeria so far(albeit, some of them where questionable in moral character, but they possessed and demonstrated high technocracy and proficiency), and today, some of them have been rewarded with merited and prestigious international appointments.

If GEJ performed awfully, then why is Buhari's govt capitalising on his ideas and innovations? For instance, The TSA introduced by GEJ was adopted by Buhari, the rail way systems, They just changed the name of Youwin to N-power and applied some mutations.

You maybe right, and maybe not. Personally I really cannot choose between the previous and present governments, both in my estimation have performed grossly below par.

MalcoImX:
Omokri paid hacks full here!!!

stop concentrating on who is talking rather than what it being said!.

Lalasticlala, indicting threads against Jonathan have made frontpage, so it will be fair to feature a vindicative thread also.