President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he
will return to his Otuoke home in Bayelsa
State , if by default , he loses the March 28
presidential election .
President Goodluck
Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan
Jonathan, who said Nigeria is not his father ’ s
estate , was however optimistic that he “will
not lose the election . ”
“If by default somebody wins the election , of
course, I will go back to my village . The
country is not my father ’ s estate , ” he told the
Quatar - based international television station,
AlJazeera , on Monday night .
The President denied that he was scared of the
All Progressives Congress and its Presidential
candidate , Maj. Gen . Muhammadu Buhari,
adding that he would win because he had
performed well.
When asked what he made of the insinuations
in some quarters that the sudden step- up of
military operations in the fight against Boko
Haram was because he was scared he might
lose the election on the grounds of insecurity ,
he replied , “It is out of ignorance .
“In a political environment, if one party,
particularly the ruling party, is going to the left ,
the opposition would have to go to the right .
They must find something . They must have
something to tell the people .”
The President, however , explained that Boko
Haram insurgents were able to wreak havoc on
parts of the country for long because the
military lacked certain weapons to confront
them .
The President noted that with the procurement
of modern weapons , the security agencies
would rout the terror group soon .
He also denied that he mishandled the threat
posed by the sect to the country and that the
activities of the group did not start with his
administration.
Jonathan, who reassured Nigerians that the
rescheduled elections would not be postponed ,
said the security agencies had not promised to
rout out Boko Haram completely before the
elections .
The President however explained that the
military would degrade the insurgents to the
level that they would no longer have the
strength to disrupt the polls .
He said , “That is the key thing . In terms of
taking over our territories by the sect , we will
retake them and very soon, there will be no
part of Nigeria where the insurgents will erect
a flag and say this is a Boko Haram territory .
“That we will do but what I am saying is that
even if you do that , that does not mean you
are isolated from terror attack, but gradually
with improvement in terms of technology and
monitoring we will able to bring it down.
“When we take over all the territories they are
holding, they are becoming weaker , now we will
improve our monitoring using superior
technologies to monitor their activities. We will
begin to pick them and then of course,
frustrate their activities. So over the period , it
will go . We cannot live with terror. No , we
can’ t . We will stop it. ”
He also dismissed the allegation by some APC
senators that he was planning to remove the
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral
Commission, Attahiru Jega.
He told his interviewer that he had not even
discussed Jega’ s purported removal with
anyone.
Jonathan said , “Except somebody is
insinuating that the chairman has done
something wrong . You cannot change an
officer , except the person has done something
wrong . Government , whether at the federal or
state level, president or governor, does not
wake up and change somebody, especially
somebody like the INEC chairman ; except that
person has done something wrong .
“INEC is a very sensitive body . For me to
change the INEC chairman , Nigerians and non -
Nigerians will ask questions. So , you cannot
wake up and change the INEC Chairman. ”
Jonathan also dismissed insinuations that
corruption had worsened in the country under
his Presidency.
The President specifically made reference to an
allegation by a former Central Bank of Nigeria
Governor, Sanusi Lamido ( the current Emir of
Kano ) that the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation failed to remit N 49. 8bn to the
national treasury between 2011 and 2012 .
He accused him of blowing the issue of
corruption out of proportion .
Jonathan said , “Even the corruption issues –
even if you look at the Corruption Perception
Index… yes, people talk about corruption now
because it has become almost a political issue .
And when you move something to the level of
politics, of course normally the issue is blown
out of proportion .
“Yes, we have cases of corruption but it ’ s not
as bad as people make it to be . Yes, we have
cases of stealing ; I always say it that, call a
thief a thief . I am not staying that Nigeria
doesn ’ t have an element of corruption or
stealing.
“Start from ex -CBN governor who said
$48 .9bn was missing . What is the budget of
this country for God’ s sake? Our budget has
been about N3. something trillion. That ’ s
roughly about $ 18 to $ 20bn a year.
“And someone is saying we lose N48 .9bn . If
we lost that huge amount both federal and
state governments would not be able to pay
salaries . I don’ t know how he came about that
figure . The next thing was for him to reduce
the figure . Up to this time I don ’ t know which
is the correct accusation .”
Source . www.osundefender.org/?p=221358

may 29 handover date is sacrosanct Gej will surely handover on may 29 Cos' people are out there to cast their votes for GMB d people's general.

Not 'if', but 'WHEN'.
He will surely go hiding in a creek at otuoke.

I think the level of madness ffk have reach now even the best psychiatry doctors can't bring him back to a normal human brain...
For Jona, farewell in advance...

Straight to prison, which otuoke.

big lie, asari dokubo go exile person.

He has no choice than to Handover

Otueke nai sure for m pass o!

hmmm