President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday
cleared the air on alleged plans to prolong his tenure, saying if the
result of the March 28 presidential election does not favour him, he
will hand over to whoever that wins.
Jonathan, in a live media chat
apparently organised to douse the tension generated by the postponement
of the general elections, spoke among others, the alleged plot to
sack the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission,
Prof. Attahiru Jega, insurgency and corruption.
Jonathan told a panel of interviewers
that he was not desperate to remain in power. He said such
“insinuations and wrong information” were meant to discredit him by his
political opponents.
He said, “Let me assure Nigerians that a
new government will be formed on May 29.They should not be perturbed
about rumours that we are planning to send Jega on a terminal leave and
other rubbish that is being circulated.”
“The rumour that I will not hand over or
that I am scheming to prolong my tenure are insinuations; they are not
true. Those are insinuations; it is quite unfortunate that so much wrong
information is floating in the system.”
Jonathan faulted the claim by Jega that
INEC was ready for the elections. He said the information given to him
by security chiefs was that poor distribution of Permanent Voter Cards
could have caused a security challenge in the country.
He, however, said he would not sack Jega.
Jonathan said, “During the Council of
State meeting, the issue of security was emphasised and there is no way
security chiefs would have disclosed all the details to everybody but
they disclosed some things to me which they did not mention to others.”
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