President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday paid a private visit to a former Minister of Defence, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, inside his Asokoro, ...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday paid a private visit to a former Minister of Defence, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, inside his Asokoro, Abuja residence.
Jonathan visited Danjuma, who is the Chairman of the Victims Support Fund, in company with a few aides.
The two leaders however met behind closed doors and they did not make the purpose of the parley public.
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Danjuma however told journalists at the end of the meeting that the President, by conceding defeat in the March 28 presidential election to Maj.-Gen. Muhammad Buhari (retd.) of the All Progressives Congress, had set a record.
He said Africa and the world should emulate Jonathan.
He observed that if the late Biafran warlord, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, had done the same thing after the fall of Enugu, he would have saved the nation of bloodshed.
He said, “The outcome of the election and the manner in which President Jonathan conceded victory to Buhari, is un-African, it is very important in the history of Africa.
“If Ojukwu did the same after the fall of Enugu, if he had conceded victory to the federal troops, he would have saved the nation one full year of bloodshed.
“President Jonathan has set a history, a record as something to be emulated by the rest of Africa and indeed the whole world. Its an excellent thing he did.”
Jonathan simply thanked Danjuma for his fatherly support during the election.
It would be recalled that the former minister had on March 11 visited Jonathan at the Presidential Villa during which they met behind closed doors inside Jonathan’s official residence.
Danjuma had after the first meeting warned reporters not to speculate about the purpose of the visit.
He said having just returned to the country from a foreign trip, he needed to see Jonathan and find out developments in …read more…
Jonathan visited Danjuma, who is the Chairman of the Victims Support Fund, in company with a few aides.
The two leaders however met behind closed doors and they did not make the purpose of the parley public.
Also read:
Danjuma however told journalists at the end of the meeting that the President, by conceding defeat in the March 28 presidential election to Maj.-Gen. Muhammad Buhari (retd.) of the All Progressives Congress, had set a record.
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He observed that if the late Biafran warlord, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, had done the same thing after the fall of Enugu, he would have saved the nation of bloodshed.
He said, “The outcome of the election and the manner in which President Jonathan conceded victory to Buhari, is un-African, it is very important in the history of Africa.
“If Ojukwu did the same after the fall of Enugu, if he had conceded victory to the federal troops, he would have saved the nation one full year of bloodshed.
“President Jonathan has set a history, a record as something to be emulated by the rest of Africa and indeed the whole world. Its an excellent thing he did.”
Jonathan simply thanked Danjuma for his fatherly support during the election.
It would be recalled that the former minister had on March 11 visited Jonathan at the Presidential Villa during which they met behind closed doors inside Jonathan’s official residence.
Danjuma had after the first meeting warned reporters not to speculate about the purpose of the visit.
He said having just returned to the country from a foreign trip, he needed to see Jonathan and find out developments in …read more…
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