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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Bolaji Abdullahi is a liar. Dr. Jonathan also said that the APC’s spokesman’s book, On a Platter of Gold: How Jonathan Won and Lost Nigeria’ which attempted a narration of how he (Jonathan) lost the 2015 election, is equally “a tissue of lies.”




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Jonathan who spoke through his former aide and bestselling author, Pastor Reno Omokri, also said that Mr. Abdullahi’s book claimed that he (Jonathan) had convened a meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, elites to renege on his decision, after earlier conceding defeat to the then candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, party, who is now President Muhammadu Buhari for emerging winner in the 2015 presidential election.


Dr. Jonathan, in the statement, also said that Abdullahi’s book “is as Shakespeare described in Scene 5, Act 5 of his play ‘Macbeth’ that It is “a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”.

According to him, “Two months ago when I got details of the contents of the book by the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress, Bolaji Abdullahi, I described him as a liar and his book as a tissue of lies meant to defame former President Jonathan as the 2019 elections draw near and the yearning for a return to the years when the Peoples Democratic Party governed Nigeria reaches fever pitch.


Now that the book is out, I can prove those claims and challenge Mr. Abdullahi to sue me in court for libel or defamation if I have lied.

In Bolaji Abdullahi’s new book, ‘On a Platter of Gold: How Jonathan Won and Lost Nigeria’, he alleges that former President Jonathan, after calling to concede to then candidate Muhammadu Buhari, reneged on his concession by calling a meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party elite at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, with the sole aim of getting the party to reject the results of the election he had conceded.

In the book, Mr. Abdullahi revealed that he was basing this claim on the hearsay report of an unnamed SouthSouth Governor, and wrote, and I quote:

“One South-South governor disclosed that this banquet hall meeting was not the president’s original idea. He said soon after the president made the telephone call to Buhari, some governors had gone to him to express their reservations about it. They felt he had conceded too cheaply. Their argument was that if the president and the party had rejected the outcome of the election, they would have gained a stronger platform to negotiate their exit.”

Mr. Abdullahi further said:

“Present at the meeting were Vice President, Namadi Sambo; Senate President David Mark and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu; as well as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, who had also just contested and lost the governorship election in Imo State and was challenging the results. Others included: the People’s Democratic Party Board of Trustees Chairman, Tony Anenih; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim; Governor of Cross River State, Liyel Imoke; Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, and former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi. All members of PDP National Working Committee (NWC) were also present, led by the party chairman, Adamu Mu’azu. The meeting was chaired by President Goodluck Jonathan”.

In the book, Mr. Abdullahi revealed that this meeting held “four days” after the election on a Tuesday Evening .

Nigerians would remember that the 2015 Presidential elections held on March 28, 2015. It would further be recalled that former President Jonathan called then candidate Buhari to concede the election at precisely 5: 15 PM on Tuesday, March 31, 2015. This timeline was also verified by the camp of the then candidate Buhari in a statement to the BBC’s Mansur Ali.

If, as Mr. Abdullahi claims, former President Jonathan called the so called meeting to renege on his concession on Tuesday the 31st of March, 2015, it would mean that Jonathan called the meeting only 45 minutes after he conceded. Because he conceded at 5.15 PM on March 31st 2015 and Mr. Abdullahi claimed the meeting held at 6 PM of March 31st 2015.

How would it have been possible to call each participant and summon governors, Senators, Representatives, members of the PDP BOT and “ALL members of PDP National Working Committee (NWC)” who were at different parts of the country and have all of them gather at the State House in just 45 minutes?

Mind you, former President Jonathan conceded while the results were still being counted and long before they were even announced. It was not even public knowledge that President Jonathan had conceded.

In the book, Mr. Abdullahi further said:

“By 6:00pm, all the President’s men and party bigwigs began to gather at the banquet hall of the Presidential Villa. Many had rushed back to Abuja for the meeting, anxious to know the next line of action. They had all heard the audio of the phone call, but opinions were sharply divided on whether the president had thrown in the tow.”

But how could this be true when the audio of the call had not yet been leaked and published by the British Broadcasting Corporation? The audio was leaked (probably by the Buhari camp) and published on April 2, 2015, two clear days AFTER the ‘meeting’ described by Mr. Abdullahi.

Also, according to Mr. Abdullahi, present at the meeting was “Emeka Ihedioha, who had just contested and lost the governorship election in Imo State and was challenging the results”. How could this have been possible when the gubernatorial elections did not hold until April 11, 2015, 11 clear days AFTER this purported meeting?

Can Mr. Abdullahi explain this? Did Emeka Ihedioha travel to the future in a time machine and return to the past with a prophecy?

You see, no matter how far and fast falsehood has traveled, it must eventually be overtaken by truth.

The fact remains that it is doubtful that any SouthSouth Governor could have told Mr. Abdullahi such tales and even if he had been fed such fantastic stories, then the onus was on Mr. Abdullahi as a journalist to verify any hearsay or gossip he heard before rushing to the press to embarrass himself.

In conclusion, Bolaji Abdullahi’s book is as Shakespeare described in Scene 5, Act 5 of his play ‘Macbeth’. It is “a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”.

Ironically, Macbeth is a play about the political ambition of those who seek power for its own sake. What a fitting description of Mr. Abdullahi and his puppet masters in the Apc.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/11/bolaji-abdullahi-a-liar-exposed-his-book-as-tissue-of-lies-jonathan/

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If you study those who got to position of authority through lies and crockery, you will discover that such people have no peace of mind. They are always in constant fear that somebody somewhere is plotting to remove them. That is APC govt for you. They are always in constant fear because they know that they got power through lies and propaganda and the only way to remain in power is to sustain the lies and propaganda.

Good GEJ is speaking up. The culture of lies by APC won them the election and have dragged nigeria backwards ever since

sarrki:
Also, according to Mr. Abdullahi, present at the meeting was “Emeka Ihedioha, who had just contested and lost the governorship election in Imo State and was challenging the results”. How could this have been possible when the gubernatorial elections did not hold until April 11, 2015, 11 clear days AFTER this purported meeting?

Can Mr. Abdullahi explain this? Did Emeka Ihedioha travel to the future in a time machine and return to the past with a prophecy?

You see, no matter how far and fast falsehood has traveled, it must eventually be overtaken by truth.

APC men are known for lies and propaganda.

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Saaruman:
If you study those who got to position of authority through lies and crockery, you will discover that such people have no peace of mind. They are always in constant fear that somebody somewhere is plotting to remove them. That is APC govt for you. They are always in constant fear because they know that they got power through lies and propaganda and the only way to remain in power is to sustain the lies and propaganda.

aolawale025:
Good GEJ is speaking up. The culture of lies by APC won them the election and have dragged nigeria backwards ever since

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aolawale025:
Good GEJ is speaking up. The culture of lies by APC won them the election and have dragged nigeria backwards ever since

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SillyMods:

PAIN

Splashme:
Buhari and APC are shameless liars.

E pain am well well

Saaruman:
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Splashme:
Buhari and APC are shameless liars.

Bolaji Abdullahi (current APC spokesman) was dropped by GEJ as his minister long before 2015 elections. He is now writing a book based on hearsay..

.....HE3RRRN......

HE WAS DROPPED BECAUSE HE DECAMPED TO APC......ALL ALONG WITH SARAKI

The present APC government have the world's largest worst conglomerate of chronic liars,propagandist/ alarmist, fanatic criminals and diabolically wicked souls ever seen in the history of humanity.Even Satan must be shuddering in horror with these fellas.