Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan
says he was not advised against accepting defeat while the 2015 presidential
election results were being tallied.
Jonathan commemorated his 61st
birthday on Tuesday with the launch of his book, ‘My Transition Hours’.
Some reports quoted the former
president as saying that he was pressured by some of his ministers not to
accept defeat.
But Ikechukwu Eze, his media
adviser, issued a clarification in a statement on Wednesday.
He said it was an erroneous claim
to say “that some identified former aides and ministers of ex-President
Jonathan advised him not to accept defeat”.
The statement read in part: “The
story which was said to have emanated
from former President Jonathan’s new book ‘My Transition Hours’
mentioned the then Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the
Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Attorney-General of the Federation and
Justice Minister Mohammed Bello Adoke; Aviation Minister Osita Chidoka, as
those whose advice was rebuffed by Jonathan.
“President Jonathan had
maintained that he never consulted anybody over the decision to call and
congratulate his opponent while the results of the 2015 Presidential election
was still being tallied.
“Whereas the decision to concede
defeat was one he took without any compelling, the former President is however
grateful to those who were with him at that moment and many other Nigerians
that shared in his conviction to put across the historic phone call.”
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