President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday denied claims by Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Former Governor of Lagos state that he had offered him a VP Slot in an Interim Government arrangement. Jonathan said there was no truth in the claim by a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,
Jonathan, who spoke with State House correspondents in Abuja through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, described Tinubu’s claim as absurd and ridiculous.
Tinubu had, in a statement by his media office on Thursday, claimed that the recent attacks on his person were because he rejected the offer by Jonathan to serve as the Vice President in an ING.
He claimed that having refused the offer, the President was looking for ways to take him out either by killing him or getting him arrested based on trumped up charges.
But Abati insisted that the position of Jonathan had remained that the idea of an ING is treasonable.
He said the President had made it clear that he had neither proposed the idea at any forum nor discussed it with anybody.
He added that as a democratically elected President, Jonathan’s ambition could never be to head an ING under whatever circumstances.
The presidential spokesman said Jonathan was going into the March 28 presidential election with the conviction that he had performed well and majority of Nigerians would vote for him massively.
He explained that the President therefore has no reason whatsoever to support such an unconstitutional proposition as ING which would amount to assault on democratic principles.
He said, “If you de-construct the statement that purportedly emanated from the office of Asiwaju Tinubu, you will see again the absurd nature of it.
“The absolutely ridiculous nature of it in the sense that given the configuration of Nigeria, it is not likely, totally impossible to have an ING arrangement in which you will have a southerner as the President and then another southerner as Vice President.
“It is absurd. It is not something that is likely to work given the nature of our politics.
“But the Tinubu camp, putting out that statement, were so much in a hurry to engage in their usual game of deceiving the public of propagandaism of the current electoral process, that the emptiness, the hollowness, the shallowness of their proposition escaped them.”
Abati appealed to Nigerians to dismiss Tinubu’s claim as “another gimmick coming from a desperate political group seeing that defeat is staring them in the face.”
He said Nigerians might witness greater desperation from the opposition’s camp as the nation gets closer to the general elections.
“But our appeal to Nigerians is that this country is greater than everyone’s ambition and at the end of the day what is important is Nigeria.
“And those who seem determined to pull down this country with lies, with black information, they are the enemies of this country and do not deserve to be given the opportunity to occupy, to enjoy opportunities that they do not deserve,” Abati concluded. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Jonathan is a liar, if you lie nko, you go thief.
ReplyDeleteBola Tinubu is a liar and a thief. Tinubu scuttle the lagosians Property for self acclamation, conniving with Fashola . President GEJ has been speaking that there is no place for ING in Nigerian constitution, so why is Tinubu lying that bGEJ promised him VP on interim National Govt-Blantan liar and a murderer is tinubu, Nigerians will rubbish Tinubu when time comes - Druggist area boy
DeleteOne of these two men is lying, and I believe it's Jonathan. He never speaks the truth.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking the truth is a Taboo for Jonathan. But Reuben Abati said Obasanjo wanted to head the interim government, meaning they actually gave it a thought.
DeleteTinubu your time is up, Nigerians have overgrown lies from thief like you , Park your thief ,thief , lie, lie, Boko Haram Party call APC and go to hell , perish there it ur cohorts as the get of hell has been open for all of you liars and thieves in this country -Stop pretending for Nigerians . PDP is the best for Nigeria for Now because all the thieves have left the Party to APC looking for another avenue to scuttle like Tinubu & Fashola is doing in Lagos state, enslaving my people with APC.-Moses has come this time to deliver Lagosians from Tinubu Fashola syndrome
DeleteIts Jonathan drunk's time that is up not that of Tinubu or any of APC members, please register that in your brain if you have any.
DeleteJonathan you don't need to tell us. We do know that the idiot is lying. Only air-heads would believe such cock and bull story from him! If such existed he would have used it against you even before the documentary came out. So relax nwokeoma. We know how desperate he is. Instead of him to refute one by one the claims in the documentary the best he could come out with as a diversionary is to spew this b.s. Don't worry Jona. We know he is a thief! A cocaine drug baron, an evil person who wants to merchandise Nigeria like he did Lagos. One imagines when he joins hand with the wicked, sadistic, dark hearted Buhari! What will become of this country! Chei! You have to work hard and make sure the economic gains the country has had is felt by the common man. I know you can do that.
ReplyDeleteI will not believe Jonathan because he is a chronic lier. Remember Obasanjo was accussed of wanting to head the ING. So there was something like that discussed at all.
ReplyDeleteThe truth in this statement is glaring. Thiefnubu is a bare faced liar.
ReplyDeleteIf u say Obasanjo want to head interim, is it Tinubu dat wil vice him. Tinubu is a dreamer nd a great lier
ReplyDeleteHmmmm shameless President how do we believed what u said is true, you're always saying something out of sense later to come out and denied, mr president is better for to start packing your properties out of asorock, lie lie always “march4buhari"
ReplyDeleteTinubu is a well known chronic liar. All the propaganda and statement that they make was done just to discredit the party and to receive public sympathy. I noticed for a long time that what APC are doing is to accuse the presidency falsely on what they would do if they were the president so that the president would not try that. This is the political tactics that OBJ used when he accused the president of getting snipers. He OBJ would do that if he were the president, in order to make the president not to think in that direction he accused him of getting snipers. All the accusations and counter accusations are false. Nigerian are wiser than our Politicians. Both PDP and ACN are guilty. However our president is far better than Buhari. We will vote for GEJ not PDP. ACN and Buhari are just terriorist
ReplyDeleteEarlier commentators, why are you saying Tinubu is lying. Why didn't Fashola, Oshiomole, Ameachi etc said so. You can't trust this politicians especially the desperate one like gej. So it's a lie the pdp does not want a card reader(as if the malfunctioning will only affect their party)? it was a lie that pdp governors does not like jega conducting the election and many more. You many not like Tinubu but give him credit for been a consistence opposition. Even present and past presidents does not have such political structure to count when it matter. Tinubu has more political value that gej. If he was the presudeht ((with all the names we are calling him), he will still do better than gej.
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ReplyDeleteIt's really unfair for people to talk as though there is no GOD watching. We have so much abused and accused mr. President of virtually everything that happens negatively around Nigeria. DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITHNESS AGAINST YOUR NEIGHBOURS. This has been thrown to trash all because we want to seize power by all means. I am sure no president whether good or bad will tolerate these.
only President Jonathan can so Let's accord him some respect.
Thanks for saying the truth. Nemesis much catch up with anyone that despises an Elders/Leaders. God ordained it n no man can change. You can't get power by force - OBJ, Yar'adua n GEJ all got there effortlessly. Respect leaders n u will attain leadership position.
DeleteYou are right better 9ja, God will favour who he want to favour and a head that's destined to b crown must b crown by God nt man. If GMB or GEJ become the next president Plz let us respect them
DeleteEarlier commentators, why are you saying Tinubu is lying. Why didn't Fashola, Oshiomole, Ameachi etc said so. You can't trust this politicians especially the desperate one like gej. So it's a lie the pdp does not want a card reader(as if the malfunctioning will only affect their party)? it was a lie that pdp governors does not like jega conducting the election and many more. You many not like Tinubu but give him credit for been a consistence opposition. Even present and past presidents does not have such political structure to count when it matter. Tinubu has more political value that gej. If he was the presudeht ((with all the names we are calling him), he will still do better than gej.
ReplyDeleteMr President you don't have to respond to this capital lie this is APC propaganda which they are noted for , we know you can not be the president and be asking a nobody to be vice president of interim government. , APC has lost it and we are waiting for EFCC tO go after all of them the anti corruption fight will begain with Tinubu and Fashola
ReplyDeleteStart with Deziani. After all Alams and Bode George stole and they were pardoned. President dumbo Jona is a liar.
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