The president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President
Goodluck Jonathan in an interview with Al Jazeera yesterday in Lagos, said if
he lost the presidential election on March 28, he would return to Otuoke, his
hometown in Bayelsa State.
Goodluck Jonathan in an interview with Al Jazeera yesterday in Lagos, said if
he lost the presidential election on March 28, he would return to Otuoke, his
hometown in Bayelsa State.
“If by default somebody wins the election, of course I will
go back to my village. The country is not my father’s estate. I’ll not lose the
election,” Jonathan said.
go back to my village. The country is not my father’s estate. I’ll not lose the
election,” Jonathan said.
He also denied ever planning to sack the INEC Chairman
insisting no President or Governor wakes up to take drastic decisions especially
with a sensitive office like that of INEC, which can be questioned within and
outside the country.
insisting no President or Governor wakes up to take drastic decisions especially
with a sensitive office like that of INEC, which can be questioned within and
outside the country.
“(I have no plans to sack the Chairman of the Independent
National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega) except somebody is
insinuating that the chairman has done something wrong. You cannot change an
officer, except the person has done something wrong. The government, whether at
the federal or state level, (be it) the president or governor, does not wake up
and change somebody, especially somebody like the INEC chairman, except that
person has done something wrong.
National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega) except somebody is
insinuating that the chairman has done something wrong. You cannot change an
officer, except the person has done something wrong. The government, whether at
the federal or state level, (be it) the president or governor, does not wake up
and change somebody, especially somebody like the INEC chairman, except that
person has done something wrong.
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