NEWS UPDATESHow Jonathan Was Deceived, Sabotaged By His Own Cabinet, Others

How Jonthan Was Deceived, Sabotaged By His
Own Cabinet,Others – Wike
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As former President Goodluck Jonathan prepares
to give his own account of his historic defeat in
the 2015 presidential election, more insiders are
coming forward with their version of what
happened.
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, said
members of Jonathan’s cabinet and ranking
members of the Peoples Democratic Party, from
the party’s former chairman, Adamu Mu’azu,
deceived the former president and told him
outright lies about his chances.
In the current edition of The Interview,Wike said,
“Let me tell you the truth; so many people were
not sincere with Jonathan. You saw that even in
the way some were being unduly sycophantic on
issues that were totally out of point…I saw there
was a lot of deceit.”
In a statement, the MD/Editor-In-Chief,
AzuIshiekwene, said the current interview was
“yet another riveting chapter in the unfolding
story of Jonathan’s monumental defeat.”
Wike said there were situations where politicians
who were supposed to be in the field holed up
inside Abuja, filing false reports.
He continued: “Some of them would say, ‘Your
Excellency Sir, as I’m speaking with you now, so
and so state is down for PDP’. It was all lies.”
He attacked the Northern leaders of the party,
saying, “PDP in the North ganged up against
Jonathan. Let the truth be told! Nobody will die!
They were not sincere to him!”
He said it was a mark of complicity that even
though Jonathan was stoned in some states and
the governors in those states watched idly by,
adding that, “If I were in Jonathan’s shoes, I
won’t take it; let the heavens fall!”
Wike, who was minister of state for Education
under Jonathan and generally perceived as First
Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan’s “anointed”,
attacked “most cabinet members” for taking
advantage of the former president’s
gentlemanliness.
He, however, said the PDP reconciliation
committee of which he is chairman, had in their
sights, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and
top members of the ruling All Progressives
Congress, including former Vice President Atiku
Abubakar and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,
among others.
He also spoke on his controversial presence as
the only PDP governor at the airport when
President Muhammadu Buhari returned from his
medical vacation in Britain, an act that has
raised some eyebrow.
Wike spoke on his relationship with former
Governor Peter Odili and allegations that he
gatecrashed the office of a former Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court to fix the outcome of the
state’s governorship election petition before the
court.
He said: “These (the purveyors of the
information) are evil people. Can Rotimi Amaechi
tell the story of his life and he won’t mention
Peter Odili? Can Dakuku Peterside mention
anything and he won’t mention Peter Odili?”
The Rivers State governor also spoke on the
leaked tape allegedly containing his voice, and
claims that the $43million found in an Ikoyi
apartment belonged to the state government.
“Let the Federal Government dare release the
report. You will see what will happen,” he
threatened.
The edition also features the regulars, including
a new columnist, Olubunmi Ajayi Layode, who
shares her experience as survivor-in-chief of an
abusive marriage.