RIPPLES NIGERIA
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, said his recent visits to President Bola Tinubu have been misinterpreted to mean that he was trying to influence the nomination of a minister from Bayelsa State in the government of President Tinubu.
Jonathan was reacting to an allegation by a group known as All Progressives Congress (APC) Elders Council in Bayelsa State that the ex-President was trying to influence the nomination of a ministerial slot from Bayelsa.
The former President, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Ikechukwu Eze, said the visits were to brief President Bola Tinubu, who has just been elected as the Chairman of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, on the recent developments in the sub-region, since Jonathan himself is the Chairman of ECOWAS Council of the Wise.
Jonathan therefore urged Nigerians to ignore what he termed ‘mischief makers’ and their web of fake news because of the danger they pose to the peace and healthy growth of our nation.
The statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to a strange allegation in the media claiming that former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is seeking to nominate a minister from Bayelsa State for the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“We would have ordinarily ignored the falsehood, given that neither the authors who are shadowy characters nor their nebulous organisation, Bayelsa APC Elders Council, which is unknown to the structure of the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, command any credibility. However, we have continued to receive calls from friends and well-wishers who are concerned that some innocent Nigerians might be misled by the duplicitous fabrication; hence this rebuttal.
