President Goodluck Jonathan addressed many
questions from a posse of journalists today
during his periodic media chat which started
around 7pm today.
The President answered questions ranging from
security, infrastructure, economy, insecurity,
chief of which is the bomb blast in Abuja and
the abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls from
the Government Girls’ Secondary School,
Chibok in Borno state.
Here are the 10 most I-can’t-believe-it things
you should know from the president’s
responses.
- When asked about the location of the Boko
Haram group who kidnapped the schoolgirls,
President Jonathan said: “I don’t know where
they are… there is no confirmation of the
location of the schoolgirls, you are a journalist,
you know more than me.”
- When asked about the government’s effort to
bring the missing girls back home safely,
President Jonathan said: “I assure you that we
will get the girls out but we can only do it with
the co-operation of their parents and
guardians.”
- When asked about the attitude of the
Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke to
calls for her to appear before the House of
Representative members over her alleged
utilization of public funds in hiring private jets,
President Jonathan said: “The Petroleum
Minister has appeared before the Parliament for
over 200 days [really?]… in the Nigerian
Parliament you’ll agree with me that there is
more politics than work.”
- While speaking about the differences between
the Boko Haram Islamic sect and Niger Delta
militants, the President said: “The Niger Delta
militants are not terrorists, they have a reason
for their agitations.”
- While adding to this statement President
Jonathan revealed more saying, “I met
[Mujahid] Asari-Dokubo for the first time in the
State House. Whenever we [the government]
call them they come.”
- President Jonathan tried to explain why no
one in his government has dared to go to
Sambisa Forest, the Boko Haram enclave like he
visited the creeks during the reign of Niger
Delta militants saying, “If I go there or send any
of my ministers they will just kill you.”
- Mr. President took time out to explain that the
insurgent attacks has reduced compared to
sometime ago when attacks were a Sunday-
Sunday affair, he said: “Even when I’m in
church I am monitoring what is happening.
Anytime I get reports of an attack somewhere…
my face will change immediately… my
expression will change. It used to happen every
Sunday.”
- President Jonathan compared the Boko Haram
terrorist attacks with that currently raging in
Pakistan saying: “Pakistan [terrorists] has been
fighting terrorism for over 10 years now so it’s
not something that a 6 months State of
Emergency can solve.”
- He said further, “Anytime I hear of any one
Nigerian dies I feel pained… even if it’s a Boko
Haram member – I am their president.”
- Mr. President tried but failed to explain the
difference between corruption and stealing. He
said, “People have been confusing corruption
with stealing. If public officers steal money they
term it under corruption….”
And one extra…
- Mr. President wouldn’t dare allow the media
chat end without throwing a parting shot at
the suspended CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido
Sanusi. While addressing the issue of ‘missing’
$20 billion he said, “If Sanusi hadn’t been
suspended he would have come up with a
different figure… If anyone steals $50 billion or
$20 billion anywhere America will know, they
will tell you where it is; it is their money.

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GEJ till 2019!!!

This man is such a dumba55 ..

Mr Clueless. God help clueless Nigerians who will vote for him this February

No need for source, the source is in every nigerian's memory, www.cluelessgej.com

There was maybe one or two surprising/ disappointing answers, which was the one about BH and jounalists knowing more than him and the one about stealing and corruption.

Also the part where he supposedly said "America will know", looks like it was made up.

@all, what parts of this did you take issue with, or was not true? Or is it just an automatic reaction to take issue with what GEJ says?


@OP can you post the link to where you got this from please, thanks.

I'm not accusing you personally, but I think its always better to post the original link.

Thank you in advance.

Bringing it all up together without some cushioning makes it very annoying, honestly.