Jonathan Nwokpor
Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan was not a weak or incompetent president, according to former Minister of Youth and Sports Development Bolaji Abdullahi.
He claimed that Jonathan was a victim of politicians in his immediate vicinity who were playing politics.
After losing his position in the 2015 presidential election, the former Minister claimed Jonathan intervened to prevent bloodshed in Nigeria.
He gave a speech over the weekend in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, during the launch of his book, “On a Platter of Gold: How Jonathan won and lost Nigeria.”
He added that during his leadership, the former president never ruled as a dictator.
He said: “Definitely President Jonathan was not weak nor clueless from my experience. Most important thing I know about him is that he is very patriotic, but as a patriot he is also some one who is careful about how he uses power.
“Jonathan understands the enormity of the power of the president and he used to say that if the president of Nigeria uses 30 percent of his disposal he would become a dictator.
“So, he is some one who is careful and also reluctant to hurt people. Because of his reluctance to hurt people, it is possible that some one would integrate it as weakness. Some of the things that he did at the time that people regarded him as clueless, some other people have done the same thing or even worse.
“I think he was a victim of that kind of politics of that time. I think if he had been president of this time, he would probably have had a different approach.”
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