Mohammed Bello Adoke, former
attorney-general of the federation, says he did not ask former President
Goodluck Jonathan not to concede the 2015 presidential election as being
insinuated.
Jonathan launched his memoirs,
‘My Transition Hours’, on Tuesday and appeared to suggest that Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala, former minister of finance; Osita Chidoka, former minister of
aviation; Adoke and Waripamowei Dudafa, senior special assistant on domestic affairs,
advised him not to concede.
The former president wrote: “They
were recommending sundry alternatives, but I was quiet in the midst of their
discussions. I hugged my thought, figuring out how to do that which was best
for the country. My personal interest was receding rapidly and the interest of
Nigeria looming large.
“I excused myself and left the
sitting room. I walked into my study. Even there, my mantra was a strong circle
around me, supporting and comforting me.
Let the country survive. Let democracy survive. My political ambition is
not worth people being ‘soaked in blood.”
Although the president has sought
to clarify the vague narration in his book, Adoke told PUNCH that he and the
other three persons were the heroes of the concession.
Adoke said: “My forthcoming book
(‘Burden of Service’) will address the issue most comprehensively. As a
patriot, I could not have advised the president not to concede defeat. Okonjo-Iweala, Chidoka, myself and Dudafa are
the real heroes of that historic concession.
“We ensured that despite
pressures from the hawks within the administration, the president concede
defeat by calling President Buhari as at the time he did.”
Kashim Shettima, the governor of
Borno state, has also faulted Jonathan’s narration of the Chibok affair, saying
the former president was hiding the facts.
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