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I Won’t Run For President In 2019 – Jonathan - Mhiz Rebecca - 12-23-2016
Former president, Goodluck Jonathan, has cleared the air
over reports flying around that he would contest for
the 2019 presidential election.
Jonathan, who contested as incumbent and lost
to President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 presidential
election, according to reports said he has been under
immense pressure to return to power in the next general
elections.
In a statement by his Media Assistant, Ikechukwu Eze, the
ex-president was quoted as saying he has absolutely no
plan of contesting the 2019 presidential poll.
Mr. Eze said the former president did not at anytime
declare an intention to contest, describing it as mere
“fabrication.”
“Our attention has just been drawn to a fabricated online
publication alleging that the former President Goodluck
Jonathan made comments on the 2019 elections, while
hosting his kinsmen in Otuoke last Tuesday.
“Those reports are false and bear no truth whatsoever.
The former President was not in Otuoke on Tuesday,
neither did he make the comments attributed to him. In
fact, he has only just returned to his community to spend
Christmas having been away for two weeks, so he could
not have been hosting anyone there last Tuesday,” Mr
Eze said.
“Of what good is it to our national development efforts if
some people spend so much energy spreading falsehood
about fellow citizens and our nation?
The statement also said the former president wished “his
fellow compatriots a merry Christmas and prosperous
New Year in advance, and advises all to always channel
their efforts toward working to attain the nation of our
collective dreams.”