Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has revealed details of his
latest visit to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Speaking with state house correspondents,
Goodluck Jonathan disclosed that he had met President Buhari many times, at
night.
He added that as a former president, he had
become a property of the state and visits to the president should be expected.,
away from the roving eyes of Journalists.
“You asked why I came to see the president
today; one key thing is that having been a head of government, a former
president, you become a state property.
“That’s the privilege you have but every
privilege has its corresponding responsibility, and once you become a state
property, most of your international engagements that have to do with public
addresses and some international assignments, they become national assignments;
you brief the President.
“Even when I was here, the former presidents
used to do that and see me. I have been coming; most times I come in the night;
that’s why you don’t see me.
“I came to brief the president about some of
my engagements. As you are aware, I will leading the AU elections monitoring
team to Zambia, I came to brief the president about some of these external
engagements. It is the tradition.”
“It’s not just about me but about all the
traditional rulers, elders and opinion leaders that are of the Ijaw ethnic
nationality,” he said.
“We have been in touch to see that peace
reigns in the country; those of you that have followed my talks when I was
here, my emphasis was always that we need a united Nigeria and I always
emphasise that Nigeria is great not just about the oil. So many countries
produce more oil than Nigeria but nobody notices them.
“We are great because of our size, the human
resources we have, the diversity we have. If we fragmentise the country into
small components, we will be forgotten by the world.
That has been my focal
position and without peace there cannot be development anywhere in the world;
we are all working collectively to see that issues are resolved.”
When asked to comment on the fight against
corruption, he replied: “I don’t want to talk about that one because there are
too many cases that are in court.
“It will not be fair to make comments; I will
talk at the appropriate time when most of these things are resolved.”
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