Former President Goodluck Jonathan


Former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied an allegation that he received $200m from the $1.3bn Malabu oil deal.

Jonathan, who stated this in a statement by his Media Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, on Tuesday, described a story published by Buzzfeed as false.

He said that it was sponsored by those who were threatened by his rising profile in the international community, adding that the story was meant to tarnish his image.



The former President said, “It is one more in the series of fake news sponsored by those threatened by Dr. Jonathan’s continuously rising profile in the international community.

“Commonsense should have shown the purveyors of this slander that the Malabu oil deal far predated the Jonathan regime and it would only make sense for him to be bribed if he had a time machine to go back in time to when the deal was struck.”

According to Jonathan, the report relied on hearsay evidence from a man, who provided no substance to back up his false claim.

He said, “The man quoted by the report said he ‘assumed’ that Dr. Jonathan would be bribed.”

The former President wondered how the assumption of a man could be enough to smear the reputation of a patriot and international statesman of his calibre.

“The report also wrongly claimed that ‘Jonathan and Etete’ had known each other for years, according to Shell staff, when Jonathan served as a tutor to Etete’s children while he was a minister.”

He said that the claim was clearly ridiculous, adding that nothing could be further from the truth.

The statement said, “In the first place, the former President couldn’t have been a ‘tutor’ to Etete’s children without first establishing a contact with the family. This is because Jonathan met Etete, who served as the Petroleum Minister in Gen. (Sani) Abacha’s military regime for the first time under the succeeding civilian administration, when he was already the deputy governor of Bayelsa State. Even then, the fact remains that ex-President Jonathan has never met any of Etete’s children.

“Jonathan could not have been anybody’s private tutor during that period because he was already in the directorate cadre in the Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission, (now NDDC), having already left the academics, at the time Etete was a serving minister.”

He said that the latest allegation came after the publication of a story that he refused to help the British Government in rescuing the Chibok girls.

The former President noted that the British Government had denied the story.

He also cited a publication that he planned to contest the 2019 election as another lie.

The statement added, “It is instructive that this same old fable apparently intended to rubbish Jonathan’s name locally and internationally is being recycled with more lies added to garnish the narrative, at a time the ex-President is making efforts to resolve the issues in the Peoples Democratic Party.

“Again, let us point out for clarity and for the umpteenth time that while he was in office and now that he is out of office, former President Jonathan did not open and does not own any bank account, aircraft or real estate outside Nigeria. Anyone with contrary information is challenged to publicly publish


http://punchng.com/some-people-are-threatened-by-my-international-profile-jonathan/

Interesting.

Failed effort of a failing regime to smear the only global political celebrity from Nigeria.

luvinhubby:
Failed effort of a failing regime to smear the only global political celebrity from Nigeria.

Calm down

The weather is still cool

Morning

Prime Suspect-APC 'cos they can't handle Democracy like U.

The best president Nigeria has ever had is Dr Goodluck Jonathan. He is clean, he is honest and intelligent, he laid the foundation for a free, strong and sustainable democracy in Nigeria.

But some people were so threatened about his move to change the old, corrupt order, they quickly rallied round to kill his government.

They used accusations of fraud, blackmail, threaths and propaganda to remove him. He played along with a smile, knowing that we are walking into the most evil regine of all in 2015.

Ride on Sir, save your time so you could aim for United Nations secretary general.

They are the Jews and Judas that crucified Jesus.

Nobody is threatened, just a handy work of the investigators of our looted fund.
Even you Mr Jonathan is not happy that Nigeria is trying to recover what it lost to looters?

Of course we know that. GEJ you are blessed and unstoppable.

Clear conscience fear no accusation

We already know this for a while now. They dare not try Atiku with this Malabu poo!

hisgrace090:
Nobody is threatened, just a handy work of the investigators of our looted fund.
Even you Mr Jonathan are not happy that Nigeria is trying to recover what it lost to looters?

Which looters be that?

Buhari failing miserably daily

SmartchoicesNG:
Buhari failing miserably daily

Did uncle Jonah mentioned pmb ?

sarrki:


Did uncle Jonah mentioned pmb ?

Buhari sef

rusher14:
Are the investigators in Italy and the Netherlands interested in your political profile?

Abeg go clear your name and leave newspaper rejounders to Abati and his ilk.

He should go and clear an assumption not an allegation? How dull can you get?

when is that old vegetable going to London for medical treatment again?

Luciferdevil:
when is that old vegetable going to London for medical treatment again?

Just Google it

Luciferdevil:
when is that old vegetable going to London for medical treatment again?

How much did he spend the last time. Buhari shouldn't​ become a liability or a money laundering agent because of I'll health.

SmartchoicesNG:

How much did he spend the last time. Buhari shouldn't​ become a liability or a money laundering agent because of I'll health.

He is causing more harm than good, staying in Nigeria. He should jst go nd die there thats it.

SmartchoicesNG:

How much did he spend the last time. Buhari shouldn't​ become a liability or a money laundering agent because of I'll health.

Your likes will make people abuse uncle Jonah always

sarrki:



Just Google it

Sorry i dnt respond to low life Zombies here, especially people with demented brain like you. Oya run along boy.

Luciferdevil:
Sorry i dnt respond to low life Zombies here, especially people with demented brain like you. Oya run along boy.

E pain am

Your hero is not recognized anywhere

Only recognized among looters and sycophants

sarrki:


E pain am
Your hero is not recognized anywhere
Only recognized among looters and sycophants

Ignored... run along.

In saner climes people are usually in a hurry to clear their names from issues of corruption while in poverty ridden countries people are ready to call thieves "Heroes".
You did no wrong but your wife who was an obvious absentee perm sec in Bayelsa has over $21m. How?
You did no wrong but you built 8 solid mansions to retire to in Bayelsa. With which money?
For the same $1.1b Malabu oil scam that happened under you, the Italian govt is already prosecuting Eni(Agip) for bribing Nigerian govt officials. Adoke who I've always known as the joint biggest thief alongside Diezani in your govt of lootocracy has been hiding in the Netherlands since Buhari came in.
These guys and those who support them just make me ashamed to be a Nigerian sometimes.

That's what is country is good at..pulling down instead of building up

Extraordinary state of dillusions of grandeur.

Ride on sir they will fail (personally) but in general whats my biz i long for the new republic

Some People Are Threatened By My International Profile.................. says the IB of Otuoke.

orisa37:
Prime Suspect-APC 'cos they can't handle Democracy like U.

Yeah, they can't handle it like him, because you don't find them doing things like.;

1. Dispersing lawmakers and the speaker of the House of reps with teargass.

2. Withdrawing the security of the speaker for refusing to support his bid to impose hims on Nigerians.

3. Throwing teargass at protesting mothers in Rivers state and shooting a senator with a live bullet.

4. Raiding and destroying the data center of the opposition.

5. Confiscating newspapers whose reports don't speak well of his government.

6. Using a police commissioner to hound a sitting governor and denying him access to his home and office simply because he chose to dine with the opposition.

7. Colluding with the army to rig Fayose into office.

8. Deploying a whole battalion of army, complete with tanks and APCs, to Ojota to prevent a demonstration.

Etc etc etc.. .

You guys should keep fooling yourselves with that hero of democracy balderdash.