The Presidency on Tuesday rebuffed
the allegation that former President Goodluck Jonathan was pressured by President
Muhammadu Buhari to support the governorship candidate of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State, David Lyon.
Speaking to newsmen in Abuja,
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba
Shehu, described the allegation as nonsense.
Shehu said the report should not
have been entertained by any newspaper adding that the APC candidate won the
election “fair and square.”
According to him, “It just
doesn’t make any sense. Our media really must learn to verify whatever they
publish. And people who make wild allegations during interviews should be made
to produce the facts backing their claims by editors.
“A newspaper can be sued for
granting space to people who belch false allegations against individuals with
no proof.’’
Shehu, in a statement by Abiodun
Oladunjoye, Deputy Director, Information, State House, Abuja, said that the
former president had been out of power for almost five years, without any
previous allegations of government blackmail cropping up.
He also noted that there were
more than enough reasons for Dr Jonathan to work against his party, PDP, in the
just-concluded Bayelsa elections, without interference by President Buhari.
He said, “Anyone who has been
following the politics of Bayelsa State should be aware of the sour
relationship between Dr Jonathan and the incumbent governor, Seriake Dickson.
That’s more than enough reason for the former president to decide to work
against his party if indeed he did.
“We really must stop this habit
of blaming President Buhari for everything, including issues that are not his
business.”
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Has the presidency any business denying or accepting such claims if indeed it did not put pressures. Some accusation ate better ignored than half- hearted denial.
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