Ikechukwu Eze, spokesman of the
ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, has reacted to an alleged plot to stop the
release of ‘On a Platter of Gold’, a book written by Bolaji Abdullahi,
spokesman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
It was alleged that some
Jonathan’s appointees, led Taminu Turaki, former minister of special duties and
Abubakar Sulaiman, former minister of national planning, were working on
strategies to stop release of the book.
They are reportedly worried that
the book by Abdullahi, their former colleague, may reveal shocking revelations
that could be injurious to their image.
In his reaction, Eze said told
TheCable: “Is it possible for former ministers to stop a book written by the
spokesman of a ruling party?”
“It doesn’t make sense for a
former minister to stop such book. I mean I see no reason why anyone will stop
the book.
“There have been many things
written about the administration of Jonathan and no one stopped them. In any
case, I am not aware of such a plot.”
The book to released in October,
will be presented in November in Abuja.
Abdullahi gives detailed and
largely exclusive account of the intrigues that surrounded the 2015
presidential election and its aftermath.
“On a Platter of Gold is part
history, part political thriller, which answers many of the often-asked
questions about Jonathan’s incredible rise to the highest political office in
the land and his unprecedented electoral defeat in 2015″, said the publishers.
Subtitled ‘How Jonathan Won and
Lost Nigeria’, its introduction reads: “Was Goodluck Jonathan weak and clueless
as his traducers have claimed? Or – as his supporters have alleged – was he
just a victim of vicious conspiracies by an entitled cabal that would stop at
nothing to bring down this ‘intruder’ to power?”
“From an unknown university
teacher, Goodluck Jonathan rose to become President of Africa’s largest
democracy, in less than a decade -most astonishingly, without winning a single
vote in his name.
“In contesting the 2011
presidential election, he declared that growing up as the son of a fisherman in
the creeks of Nigeria’s Niger Delta, he had no shoes. This message resonated
with millions of Nigerians.
“If I can make it, then you can
as well,” he had declared. He went on to win with the highest majority vote
ever recorded in the nation’s history.”
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