President Goodluck Jonathan, last night, disclosed that he
was not consulted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,
before it shifted the dates of the general election even as he admitted that
the body was not totally prepared for the polls.
President Jonathan with Ibanga Isine, Adesuwa Onyenokwe,
Deji Badmus & Ibrahim Sheme..during a presidential media chat today.
President Jonathan with Ibanga Isine, Adesuwa Onyenokwe,
Deji Badmus & Ibrahim Sheme..during a presidential media chat today.
However, his challenger in the polls, General Muhammadu
Buhari of the APC spoke on Christiane Amanpour’s programme on CNN, saying it’s
unfair to judge him today by his antecedents in 1984 when he was military head
of state.
President Jonathan, who affirmed his unwavering commitment
to the sustenance of smooth transfer of power on May 29 irrespective of the
outcome of the presidential election, also reaffirmed readiness of the military
to suppress the Boko Haram insurgency within the six-week window requested by
the military.
The president, who spoke in a live television media chat,
also flayed what he lamented as the politicisation of the agitation for the
liberation of the kidnapped girls of the Government Girls Secondary School,
Chibok.
The media chat anchored by former NTA presenter, Adesuwa
Onyenokwe had Premium Times editor, Ibanga Isine; Blueprint editor, Ibrahim
Shima and broadcast journalist, Deji Badmus on the panel.
The president also used the opportunity to address issues
concerning corruption, the purchase of arms from South Africa, assertions
attributed to him in the past that stealing is not corruption among others.
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