Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has revealed to everyone that cares to know that the major problem Nigeria is having today is the Independent National Electoral Commisison (INEC), security and the judiciary.
The former President also revealed that him and members of his cabinet were afraid that the immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari would throw them into prison after his tenure.
Jonathan, made the shocking revelation in a recent interview with Arise TV.
He said: “In my own time especially in the 2015 elections, my ministers, my senior officers, people who worked with me; there was this fear that having lost the election, what would be our fate?”
“Would the new government just throw all of us into jail without giving a fair hearing? Because government is next to the court and can decide to do anything.”
“The tense atmosphere my team faced during the transition period in 2015 was not faced by the outgone government of Buhari.”
“By this time, I already conceded defeat. And I knew why I conceded defeat, because I was more interested in the country than myself.”
“It is important for politicians to be more interested in the country than themselves, without the country, there would be no president.”
“Despite the transition of the electoral process from manual to electronic, there were still problems.”
“The problem we have is INEC and security. And I used to give an example; if two soccer teams are playing and the referee decides to look the other way, they will injure themselves.”
“And you must not allow it. The electoral management body shares more than 60 per cent of the blame. If they do their work well, the politicians will have no choice but to follow the rules – they, the security and the courts.”
Source: Famous People
