BY OLUJIDE ON JANUARY 8,

Apparently irked by frequent criticisms of his administration, a
visibly angry President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday lost
his cool while hosting the Northern Elders Council (NEC) in
Abuja. He indirectly replied former President Olusegun
Obasanjo over his criticisms of the government.
He said any elder statesman who uses his position to fan the
embers of disunity, set the country ablaze with utterances
including telling lies to discredit his administration can best be
described as a motor park tout.
He accused them of making provocative statements aimed at
causing ethnic divisions and setting the country ablaze.
The President, however, assured Nigerians that very soon, they
will know more about the past leaders and will then be able to
judge.
On how utterances from elder statesmen can make or mar the
country, Jonathan said: “Some people call themselves
statesmen, but they are not. They are just ordinary politicians.
For you to be a statesman is not because you have occupied a
big office before, but the question is, what are you bringing to
bear? Are you building this country? Or are you a part of
people who tell lies to destroy this country? Are you part of the
people who create enmity and make people who ordinarily
would have been living together to fight themselves? Are you
planning to set the country ablaze because you did not get that
particular thing you want?
“At the appropriate time Nigerians will know all of us even
though I know most of you know us but the younger ones do
not know. Some people are hiding under some clogs, some big
names and creating a lot of problems in this country. Making
provocative statements in this country, statements that will set
this country ablaze and you tell me you are a senior citizen?
You are not a senior citizen, you can never be, you are an
ordinary motor park tout.
“Because if you are a senior citizen you will act like one. It is
not because of the offices we occupy is by divine grace and
providence that some of us occupy these offices. But what role
are you playing to build this country? So, let me not go too far,
let me again join the Vice President in thanking you for the
leadership you are showing and be rest assured you that we
will continue to work and protect our people and make sure all
Nigerians live in peace”.

na wa for u oooh, at OP nas wetin jona talk be that? Ha.

GEJ on point

The movie continues.